01UndatedEtchings endure, But not in SandMeanings Collide To Unresolved FragmentsCodes fizzle to StaticThey are not lostBut UnheardNever lostFading slowly to SilenceBy infinite degreesAshim Shanker / quote ↗
03UndatedIn my mind, I could sense their roots under the soil, creeping in helical tangles of ever-increasing complexity outward and in all directions—out beyond the perimeter of the Helsingør Wood, out below Yami’s Under City, out along the banks of the river, out to the nearest coast and thereupon out into the sea; the roots crept down further along the continental shelf, downward into the abysses, downward into the ocean floor, burrowing under the corals and under trenches, and then back up again to sprout in the darkened forest on a foreign continent: all the trees of the world now had conjoined roots, for they were now of one conjoined consciousness!Ashim Shanker / quote ↗
04UndatedElegance is the perfect disguise for our violent nature—a mask so convincing that we often fool ourselves the moment we don it.Ashim Shanker / quote ↗
05UndatedComfort...was the key ingredient to making the prisoner crave the prison.Ashim Shanker / quote ↗
06UndatedObligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force.Ashim Shanker / quote ↗
