It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.
Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
Category Archives: Quotes
Aftermath
Sometimes, the aftermath is more devastating than the storm. That is the story of the 2008 financial crisis. It was disastrous at the time, but what has been worse is how long it has lingered. ~Chrystia Freeland
Deep down, I fear the aftermath of Covid-19 more than the immediate health dangers that the virus poses to me. I sincerely hope that we as humans would be at our best selves in the months and years ahead. That we shall be compassionate to those less fortunate, and be decent in our actions. Also, we should not forget the other living beings that we share the planet with.
Working Together
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
~Helen Keller
Changing The World
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
~Leo Tolstoy
Dead Stupid
When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It’s only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid.
~Ricky Gervais
Reality & Make-Believe
My current reading materials consist of some magazines in Dutch, the third book of professor Yuval Harari, a memoir by Edward Snowden in audio format, and a science fiction e-book series which I read before bedtime. Those plus all the daily online tweets and feeds, give my brains sufficient material to ponder and process.
We all live partially in reality and partially in a world of make-believe.
~Marty Rubin
Hope
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
~J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
In times like this, one remembers the saying where we are to hope for the best, but be prepared for the worst.
Reality Or Paranoia
Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.
~Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly