David

“If time was the means by which the universe prevented everything from happening at once, coincidence was the excuse it used when things occasionally did.”
― Mick Herron, Smoke and Whispers

“Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove this tumult in the clouds.”
― W.B. Yeats

“Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable.”
― Brenda Ueland

“Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories