Hero

“A problem has a rhythm of its own, just like a piece of music,” the Professor said. “Once you get the rhythm, you get the sense of the problem as a whole, and you can see where the traps might be waiting.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor

“Things might be theoretical, that was true. I may be imagining it all, but it still hurt. It was still sad to lose someone you loved.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands

“I don't miss my name and I haven't bothered to replace it. I miss your name. I'm sorry but I have forgotten it, too. I don't look for it on the walls. The thought that I might read it and pass it by, just to go on to the next name is terrible. Like meeting you in another life and failing to recognize you.”
― Anne de Marcken, It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

“I have heard that men who live by a waterfall cease to hear it—in such a way did I learn to live beside the rushing torrent of his doom.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles