Madimadi

“What do you think is the biggest waste of time?"
"Comparing yourself to others," said the mole.”
― Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

“I think they must be lonely...I think anything that waits and sings from the very bottom, the very pit of their stomach, is a very lonely creature indeed...And I think... that those who venture, traveling through the water toward their song, must be very lonely, too.”
― Morgan Rogers

“For a hundred generations, I had walked the world drowsy and dull, idle and at my ease. I left no prints, I did no deeds. Even those who had loved me a little did not care to stay.
Then I learned that I could bend the world to my will, as a bow is bent for an arrow. I would have done that toil a thousand times to keep such a power in my hands. I thought: this is how Zeus felt when he first lifted the thunderbolt.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“What is the bravest thing you've ever said? asked the boy.
'Help,' said the horse.
'Asking for help isn't giving up,' said the horse. 'It's refusing to give up.”
― Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse