Gabriel Stanovsky

“In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows. In my mind are all the halls, the endless procession of them, the intricate pathways. When this world becomes too much for me, when I grow tired of the noise and the dirt and the people, I close my eyes and I name a particular vestibule to myself; then I name a hall.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

“(Quoting Cus D'Amato)
Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but do it like you love it.”
― Mike Tyson

“Coincidence and intention are two sides of a tapestry, my lord. You may find one more agreeable to look at, but you cannot say one is true and the other is false.”
― Ted Chiang, The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate

“All interpretation is a use of violence and caprice against a text.”
― Italo Calvino