Aryeh

“At the beginning, when they thought that it was a sickness like any other, religion had its place. But when they saw that it was serious, they remembered pleasure.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

“What’s the point of quantity for quantity’s sake? Far better to aim for quality. The same critique that’s been made so many times since the industrial revolution and the advent of mass production. Saying ‘We should all make lots of friends’ is basically the same as saying ‘We should try to be the kind of people who don’t cause any friction and can more or less get along with everyone.”
― Kōtarō Isaka, The Mantis

“Living well is the best revenge.”
― George Herbert

“The villages he’d played in were all around us, bright and leafy in the sunshine, nests of stars in the night sky.”
― Cesare Pavese, The Moon and the Bonfires