Joyce

“... la kuvunda halian ubani. There is no incense for something rotting. And that is the condition of the world. This I know.”
― Giles Foden, The Last King of Scotland

“Even the invisible are insecure. It's the most universal problem we have. It's so universal, it might not even count as a problem.”
― Chuck Klosterman, The Visible Man

“The less I could do, the more I wanted. Wanted things I couldn’t have and I wanted things I couldn’t even think up yet, but I could feel myself wanting. And that feeling, it’s like itching. Like to drive you crazy.” She shakes her head slightly. “I just wanted and wanted and wanted. You ever felt that way?” “Yes,” I tell her. “I have.” I feel something warm light my chest. It’s maybe the first time in my life that my mother has put something into the right words for me.”
― Kayla Rae Whitaker, The Animators

“Ghosh sighed, "I hope one day you see this as clearly as I did in Kerchele. The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more, Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone