Jin Castrillo

“Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.”
― Martin Amis

“When she wraps her arms around my neck, all I want to do is protect this girl for the rest of my life.”
― Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry

“And in this self-expression I put all the thoughts I had about her, I released the anger she made me feel, my amorous way of thinking about her, my determination to exist for her, the desire for me to be me, and for her to be her, and the love for myself that I put in my love for her--all the things that could be said only in that conch shell wound into a spiral.”
― Italo Calvino, Cosmicomics

“Why do we focus on certain things at the expense of others? We will risk our lives to save a person from drowning, yet not make a donation that could save dozens of children from starvation (...) We are genetically programmed to react to stimuli in our immediate vicinity. Responding to complex issues that we cannot perceive directly requires the application of reasoning, which is less powerful than instinct.”
― Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project