If more of us valued food and cheer above hoarded gold, it would be a much merrier world. The Hobbit

Good habits can make rational sense, but if they conflict with your identity, you will fail to put them into action. Atomic Habits

“My turn came next. Marie threw me a kiss. I looked back as I walked away. She hadn’t moved; her face was still pressed to the rails, her lips still parted in that tense, twisted smile.” Stranger

„All existence seemed to be based on duality, on contrast. Either one was a man or one was a woman, either a wanderer or sedentary burgher, either a thinking person or a feeling person-no one could breathe in at the same time as he breathed out, be a man as well as a woman, experience freedom as well as order, combine instinct and mind. One always had to pay for one with the loss of the other, and one thing was always just as important and desirable as the other.“ Narcissus and Goldmund