Clara

“I'm tired of the news. I'm tired of the way it makes things spectacular that aren't, and deals so simplistically with what's truly appalling. I'm tired of the vitriol. I'm tired of anger. I'm tired of the meanness. I'm tired of selfishness. I'm tired of how we're doing nothing to stop it. I'm tired of how we're encourageing it. I'm tired of the violence that's on it's way, that's coming, that hasn't happened yet. I'm tired of liars. I'm tired of sanctified liars. I'm tired of how those liars have let this happen. I'm tired of having to wonder whether they did it out of stupidity or did it on purpose. I'm tired of lying governments. I'm tired of people not caring whether they're being lied to anymore. I'm tired of being made to feel this fearful.”
― Ali Smith, Autumn

“I think about how the moon is getting further away from the Earth and although this is only happening at about 3.78 centimeters per year, or the same speed at which our fingernails grow, it seems terribly sad.”
― Amy Liptrot, The Outrun

“La conciencia de las fronteras geopolíticas pronto conduce a preguntas sobre las muchas líneas que cruzamos—o las que no cruzamos, o las que no tenemos permitido cruzar—, mientras seguimos adelante con nuestra vida diaria. Nuestros cuerpos son llaves que abren sólo ciertas puertas. De hecho nuestros cuerpos hablan y nuestros huesos son nuestro último testimonio.”
― Cristina Rivera Garza, La cresta de Ilión

“If this is love," said Orlando to herself, looking at the Archduke on the other side of the fender, and now from the woman's point of view, "there is something highly ridiculous about it.”
― Virginia Woolf, Orlando