fernweh

“Death is the fairest thing in the world. No one's ever gotten out of it. The earth takes everyone - the kind, the cruel, the sinners. Aside from that, there's no fairness on earth.”
― Svetlana Aleksievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
― Joseph Conrad, Chance

“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

“We live as we dream--alone....”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness