Sveva

“Ho visto il sole tramontare in un mare di fuoco liquido e sorgere come una sfera di rame incandescente. Ho visto la luna far risplendere i veli del cielo notturno come fuochi fatui e rispecchiarsi nel lento respiro delle onde. Ho visto il mare così liscio e l'aria così trasparente che la volta stellata sembrava sdoppiarsi al punto che non si capiva più qual era il sotto e quale il sopra, e pareva di veleggiare dentro a un globo splendente di luci. Ho visto cieli e nubi che un artista avrebbe impiegato un'esistenza intera a cercare di riprodurre.”
― Björn Larsson, La vera storia del pirata Long John Silver

“Be wild; that is how to clear the river. The river does not flow in polluted, we manage that. The river does not dry up, we block it. If we want to allow it its freedom, we have to allow our ideational lives to be let loose, to stream, letting anything come, initially censoring nothing. That is creative life. It is made up of divine paradox. To create one must be willing to be stone stupid, to sit upon a throne on top of a jackass and spill rubies from one’s mouth. Then the river will flow, then we can stand in the stream of it raining down.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

“The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander

“You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club