Abhiraj

“Thought that can merge wholly into feeling, feeling that can merge wholly into thought—these are the artist's highest joy. And our solitary protagonist felt in himself at this moment power to command and wield a thought that thrilled with emotion, an emotion as precise and concentrated as thought: namely, that nature herself shivers with ecstasy when the mind bows down in homage before beauty.”
― Thomas Mann, Death in Venice & Seven Other Stories

“The context for hope is radical uncertainty; anything could happen, and whether we act or not has everything to do with it.”
― Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline

“Therefore he was very far from regarding himself as a paradigm, a pattern or example to be followed; but, condemned to be the exception, he was able at last to comfort himself with the thought that as such he was a "corrective" and, alas, a "sacrifice".”
― Walter Lowrie, A Short Life of Kierkegaard

“Things change, even if you want them to stay the same. At the same time, you can try to change, but you will still remain the same.”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking For Is in the Library