Lore

“We believe the one who has power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there you get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

“Why should I go further than I am able? Is it not enough for you that I am perfect?”
― William Carlos Williams

“the desire to wring out a few more drips of happiness almost always destroyed the happiness you were so lucky to have, and so foolish never to acknowledge.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Here I Am

“Cynics are merely idealists with unusually high standards.”
― Alain de Botton, The Course of Love