Ryan

“I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of calm along with a bit of bread, not to feel oppressed by the knowledge that I exist, not to demand anything from others, and not to have others demand anything from me - this was denied me, like the spare change we might deny a beggar not because we're mean-hearted but because we don't feel like unbuttoning our coat.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

“In the window I see our ghosts against the black gloss of glass. She put her arm around me, and I think how we maybe never left the business end.”
― Breece D'J Pancake, The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake

“I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“You know, when one day’s like any other, they fly by so fast and it seems like the last one is really close already,’ Homer tried to explain. ‘You feel afraid of not getting anything finished. And every one of those days is full of a thousand little things to be done. Do one, take a break, and it’s time to start on the next one. You have no time or strength left for what’s really important. You think: never mind – I’ll start tomorrow. But tomorrow never comes, it’s always just one long, endless today.”
― Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2034