Jonathan

“The saying goes, ‘The black tides of heaven direct the courses of human lives.’ To which a wise teacher said, ‘But as with all waters, one can swim against the tide.”
― J.Y. Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven

“Benford’s office looked like the atelier”
― Jason Matthews, Red Sparrow

“Unmet promises are rarely empty; rather, they’re filled with the unspoken things people don’t want to do or can’t do.”
― Steve Toutonghi, Join

“As best as the Count could determine, the Bolsheviks assembled whenever possible in whichever form for whatever reason. In a single week, there might be committees, caucuses, colloquiums, congresses, and conventions variously coming together to establish codes, set courses of action, levy complaints, and generally clamor about the world’s oldest problems in its newest nomenclature. If”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow