04.05.22

04.05.22

“I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.” —Ernest Hemingway

Jet lag is finally wearing off a bit. I was travelling for the first and second and didn’t sleep for over thirty hours. Now for some Spanish immersion (y un poco de Euskara).

“Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that.” —Ernest Hemingway

08.05.22

“We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can’t think what anybody sees in them.” —J.R.R. Tolkien

Like the Hobbit, my adventure yesterday consisted mainly of walking, talking, and eating food. Also, ponies. Wish I had an awesome soundtrack though.

—Aldous Huxley, from Brave New World

“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place because you’ll never be this way ever again.”

— Azar Nafisi; Reading Lolita in Tehran (via sunsetquotes)

24.04.22

“Oh do you have time / to linger / for just a little while / out of your busy / and very important day.” —Mary Oliver

Not me basking in academic validation like a cat in the sun. My feedback for my term paper was a treat after two dubious finals. One more exam to write, then I really need to start packing…

“as they strive / melodiously / not for your sake / and not for mine / and not for the sake of winning / but for sheer delight and gratitude.” —Mary Oliver

Okay, maybe just a little for the sake of winning