Val

“I believe that the Matrix can remain our cage or it can become our chrysalis, ... That to be free, you cannot change your cage. You have to change yourself.
When I used to look out at this world, all I could see was its edges, its boundaries, its rules and controls, its leaders and laws. But now, I see another world. A different world where all things are possible. A world of hope. Of peace.
I can't tell you how to get there,
but I know if you can free your mind, you'll find a way.”
― Lana Wachowski, The Matrix Screenplay

“... and everyone knows you are not a real player until you secretly prefer losing.”
― Lawrence Osborne

“our bodies surround what has always been there”
― Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces

“Life was an enormous rucksack so impossibly heavy that, even though it meant losing everything, it was infinitely easier to leave all baggage here on the roadside and walk into the blackness.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth