Literature

"True, the exteriors have changed in objective, naturalistic, physical terms. But have the interiors changed, or is it subtly altered, or influenced by the exteriors?"

"At the end of the day, a description of oneself will almost always become an interpretation of oneself."

"With a lack of resources comes a lack of right — the ultimate right to decide one’s own fate."

"Kurtz's true belonging lies in his reliance on the wilderness - a bond parallel to a child's embrace of its mother."

"When innocence is lost and reality unmasks itself, the characters in the story [...] have no choice but to commit suicide to retain at least part of their true self."

"The protagonist of this book is supposed to be Robin,
not Colonialism"

"She would hold the flower in front of her eyes so that she could focus only on the blue of the flower as she walked through the noisy crowd."

"It has no voice to speak for itself."

"He has lost bits and pieces of himself over the years in pursuit of his goal, as those before him had and those after him inevitably will."

"The more and more she realized the selfishness of life, the more and more she succumbed to a jarring pessimism."

"He could not escape the fact that all conscious beings unconsciously twist logic to suit their own ends."

"If he exercised absolute power over the entire Roman world, he would be the only man with complete freedom."

"From other pens, "telling" might have ruined careers; but from Eliot's pen, there flows a masterpiece."

"The drama is intense and the violence shocking, but Claudius’s subtle sense of humor pricks you unawares."