Yalda

“You're too good for this world, and because of that the world will eventually crush you.”
― Paul Auster, Invisible

“This is the kind of room poets are supposed to work in, the kind of room that threatens to break your spirit and forces you into constant battle with yourself.”
― Paul Auster, Invisible

“If we look on idly, heaven and earth will never be joined. To join heaven and earth, some decisive deed of purity is necessary. To accomplish so resolute an action, you have to stake your life, giving no thought to personal gain or loss. You have to turn into a dragon and stir up a whirlwind, tear the dark, brooding clouds asunder and soar up into the azure-blue sky.”
― Yukio Mishima, Runaway Horses

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa