Ibsen

“I discovered for myself and by myself that there is no self to realize -- that's the realization I am talking about. It comes as a shattering blow. It hits you like a thunderbolt. You have invested everything in one basket, self-realization, and, in
the end, suddenly you discover that there is no self to discover, no self to realize -- and you say to yourself "What the hell have I been doing all my life?!" That blasts you.”
― U.G. Krishnamurti

“We are not created for any grander purpose than the ants that are there or the flies that are hovering around us or the mosquitoes that are sucking our blood.”
― U.G. Krishnamurti, No Way Out

“...the only thing she and Tilly had in common was their carbon base.”
― James S.A. Corey, Abaddon's Gate

“The plain fact is that if you don't have a problem, you create one. If you don't have a problem you don't feel that you are living.”
― U.G. Krishnamurti, No Way Out