Via De Fant

“We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to wither; but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops-- which teaches us in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depths of desolation, never to despair.”
― Henry John Newman

“The oppressiveness of twilight filled the world.”
― Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, Of Love and Other Demons

“Crisis shines a very bright light on human behavior, leaves no shadows in which we can hide, and reveals, simultaneously, the worst of which we are capable and our better natures”
― Salman Rushdie, Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020

“Only later would I realize that our trip had added a new dimension to my understanding of the fact that brains give rise to our ability to form relationships and make life meaningful. Sometimes, they break.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air