Daneesh

“It's often suggested that as a culture, we're only interested in immediate gratification. Fast food. Self-checkout. Downloadable music, movies, books. Instant coffee, instant rebates, instant messaging. Instant weight loss! Shall I go on?”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“I'm here to live, and I feel small.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“I'm no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls.”
― Michel Foucault

“There is still one of which you never speak.'

Marco Polo bowed his head.

'Venice,' the Khan said.

Marco smiled. 'What else do you believe I have been talking to you about?'

The emperor did not turn a hair. 'And yet I have never heard you mention that name.'

And Polo said: 'Every time I describe a city I am saying something about Venice.”
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities