“How can I leave my mark on the world, I thought, unless I get out there first and see it?”
― Shoe Dog
― Shoe Dog
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”
― Shoe Dog
― Shoe Dog
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