destiny andrianto

“It may be a sign that two people have stopped loving one another (or at least stopped wishing to make the effort that constitutes ninety per cent of love) when they are no longer able to spin differences into jokes. Humour lined the walls of irritation between our ideals and the reality: behind every joke, there was a warning of difference, of disappointment even, but it was a difference that had been defused - and could therefore be passed over without the need for a pogrom.”
― Alain de Botton

“Even when we want to be timid and play it safe, we should pause for a moment to imagine what we might be missing.”
― Paul Arden, Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite

“I have no special regard for Satan; but I can at least claim that I have no prejudice against him. It may even be that I lean a little his way, on account of his not having a fair show. All religions issue bibles against him, and say the most injurious things about him, but we never hear his side.”
― Mark Twain

“We are all creatures of our upbringings, our cultures, our times.”
― Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life