Virgilio

“There's a Chinese saying. 'When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago.' "
The Chinese engineer smiles. "Good one."
" 'When is the next best time? Now.' "
"Ah! Okay!" The smile turns real. Until today, he has never planted anything. But Now, that next best of times, is long, and rewrites everything.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

“The world is almost peaceful
when you stop trying
to understand it.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

“All he had to do to make me like him was need me. All he had to do to make Arty like him was drop dead.”
― Katherine Dunn, Geek Love

“Stones are just stones and rain is just rain and misfortune is just bad luck.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See