Marian

“Or maybe arguing with people you disagree with takes less effort than exploring why they think differently from you.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

“VLADIMIR: I missed you . . . and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a strange thing?

ESTRAGON: (shocked). Happy?

VLADIMIR: Perhaps it's not quite the right word.

ESTRAGON: And now?

VLADIMIR: Now? . . . (Joyous.) There you are again . . . (Indifferent.) There we are again. . .
(Gloomy.) There I am again.”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

“Listen carefully, Feyd,” the Baron said. “Observe the plans within plans within plans.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“I, who found it so difficult to shed my beady isolation, must in fact never appear to be lonely.”
― Anita Brookner, Look at Me