real
Down on the street the protesters are shouting at each other, and at Lucas, but most of all they’re probably shouting just to shout. Just to be heard. Lucas stands quietly for a very, very long time, thinking about how awful it must feel: to be a person who so desperately wants something to happen. Lucas never wants anything to go on at all.
Fredrik Backman • The Answer Is No: A Short Story
mood
The past is trying to burst through.
No.
It is already through. The past is always here.
Matt Haig • How to Stop Time
It was like being stuck in the same song, with a chorus you had once liked but now made you want to rip your ears off.
Matt Haig • How to Stop Time
“I don't think men understand, though. ... They march off with their guns and their ideas and they think they know courage.”
Kristin Hannah • Winter Garden
"You know, they say when you love what you do, it's not work. But, I think, when you really love what you do, it's great work."
—Yo-Yo Ma
@ Hollywood Bowl, Goat Rodeo Sessions Tour
August 25, 2013
Morality is a luxury.