Tom Malinowski

“It was Calzas who told me that your life is a road along which you leave many markers - points in time and places on the map. The ones in time you can only revisit in your mind, and they never change. The places can be revisited firsthand, but they're constantly changing. To keep a place the same, he said, you can no longer return to it - and then it becomes a point in time.”
― Nicholas Christopher, A Trip to the Stars

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
― James Baldwin

“Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.”
― Geoff Dyer, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush

“The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.”
― Robert Jordan, The Dragon Reborn