Brandon

“That’s the whole game: Becoming convinced that there is a voice inside you that really, really knows what it likes, and getting better at hearing that voice and acting on its behalf. [...] How emphatically can you like what you like? How long are you willing to work on something, to ensure that every bit of it gets infused with some trace of your radical preference?" -George Saunders”
― George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

“Return along old walks where thrusts of grass by force of love have split the measure stone.”
― Nelson Algren, Chicago: City on the Make

“Grief is the stuff of life. A life without grief is no life at all. But regret is a prison. Some part of you which you deeply value lies forever impaled at a crossroads you can no longer find and never forget.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger

“No one listens, for pride, envy, and avarice
are three sparks that kindle in men's hearts
and sets them burning.”
― Dante Alighieri, The Inferno