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“He had not guessed that the mind was capable of such intricacies of self-realization, of penetrating so deep into its own dark windings.”
― Edith Wharton, Tales of Men and Ghosts

“For a decade, I've known I will never have everything and so all I've wanted is to believe that, someday, again, I'll have enough. The ache won't always be so bad. No ice ever freezes too thick to thaw and no thorns ever grow too dense to be cut away.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“... and how gladly he would have taken up the load of any one of them, if only he might have shaken off his own! But, no - the iron circle of consciousness held them too: each one was hand-cuffed to his own hideous ego. Why wish to be any one man rather than another? The only absolute good was not to be...”
― Edith Wharton

“When your world breaks, your self also breaks. But for me, the world’s always been broken. It’s all chaotic, out of my control. I’m sure that’s why I try to sort and organise it so much. I want to have it all contained in the palm of my hand.”
― Izumi Suzuki, Set My Heart on Fire