Aditi

“eternal recurrence means that every time you choose an action you must be willing to choose it for all eternity. And it is the same for every action not made, every stillborn thought, every choice avoided. And all unlived life will remain bulging inside you, unlived through all eternity. And the unheeded voice of your conscience will cry out to you forever.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession

“There is no adrenaline rush. If I get an adrenaline rush, it means that something has gone horribly wrong.”
― Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall: Alex Honnold and the Ultimate Limits of Adventure

“She must be very secure in herself, I suppose, in them, for it not to bother her, to walk where another woman has walked before. She obviously doesn’t think of me as a threat. I think about Ted Hughes, moving Assia Wevill into the home he’d shared with Plath, of her wearing Sylvia’s clothes, brushing her hair with the same brush. I want to ring Anna up and remind her that Assia ended up with her head in the oven, just like Sylvia did.”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train

“Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession