Rick

“We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“There is something about knowing you are not safe in sleep that gives a person bad dreams. The expectation of being woken every night — that feeling of insecurity and dread I remember carrying around with me as my marriage was drawing to a close, like a rotting smell I couldn’t find the source of, shit I didn’t know I stepped in. The subconscious starts sending messages: Be vigilant. Don’t relax. Here’s a boogeyman or two to keep your nerves on edge.”
― Lynn Coady, Watching You Without Me

“The problem with epiphanies is the next day they feel like they happened to someone else. Inspiration will get you nowhere in life.”
― Scott Hutchins, A Working Theory of Love

“To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time.”
― Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others