Ginger

“What are we, apart from the stories we tell ourselves and other people?”
― Emily Itami, Fault Lines

“[l]ove of kindness, without a love to learn, finds itself obscured by foolishness. Love of knowledge, without a love to learn, finds itself obscured by loose speculation. Love of honesty, without a love to learn, finds itself obscured by harmful candour. Love of straightforwardness, without a love to learn, finds itself obscured by misdirected judgment. Love of daring, without a love to learn, finds itself obscured by insubordination. And love for strength of character, without a love to learn, finds itself obscured by intractability”
― Henry Kissinger, On China

“I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?”
― John Steinbeck, Travels With Charley: In Search of America

“Man is seldom content to witness beauty.
He must possess it.”
― Michael Somare