“I don't think of myself as a dissident, and I'm more of an immigrant than an exile.” Quote by Ha Jin
“Simply put: time is fluid. The faster your world spins out of control, the slower timer crawls. The more time you need, the less you're sure to get. It's all relative” WorldNeedsFasterMore TimeRelativeFluidTimer Author:Shannon Lee
“Please don't confuse love and logic ... They aren't even remotely related.” PleaseLogicRelated Author:Shannon Lee
“Scientifically, I know beginnings don’t exist. The world is made of energy, which is neither created nor destroyed. Everything she is was here before me. Everything she was will remain. Her existence touches both my past and my future at one point—infinity. Lifelines aren’t lines at all. They’re more like circles. It’s safe to start anywhere and the story will curve its way back to the starting point. Eventually. In other words, it doesn’t matter where I begin. It doesn’t change the end.” KnowsWorldWayMadeEndsMatterStoriesPastEnergyLinesExistenceSafeStartingCirclesDestroyedInfinityCurvesMy FutureMy PastStarting PointLifelines Author:Shannon Lee
“You just see your hands, your ice axe, and your crampons...and they have to just move.” HandsMovingIce Author:Ueli Steck
“When you get to the summit and you push the watch, first you try to breath a little bit and get some oxygen in your lungs. When I saw this time I was like, 'Ah, that's not possible.' Yeah...that was a good moment.” TryingFirstsLittlesMomentsBitsWatchesSawsLittle BitBreathsYeahOxygenLungsSummitGood Moments Author:Ueli Steck
“You're progressing on something and that's what it's all about. You wanna keep moving, having a progress in your life.” MovingProgressKeep Moving Author:Ueli Steck
“It’s the feeling of total control. When you are properly trained, your body works hard — but when you move, you do not suffer. That’s the feeling I am looking for.” HardFeelingsBodyMovingSufferingHard WorkYour BodyBody Work Author:Ueli Steck
“Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.” PeoplePersonsEmbraceMotiveCompanionWedlockDowry Author:Hosea Ballou
“My God, the corruptions of literature. It put all these notions into our heads.” LiteratureNotionCorruption Book:Believers: A Novella and Stories Source: Believers: A Novella and Stories
