#longings

You could not spend your entire span of life in thrall to the code of stuff. There was no code of stuff. Stuff was just stuff. You couldn't live by it or for it. ↗

— John Lanchester

#life #material-possessions #stuff #life

He looked like someone pretending to be a knight, which was bad. He figured pretending to be something he actually wanted to be was just asking for it. ↗

— Liam Perrin

#dreams #longings #wisdom #dreams