Where along the way did death happen? When did I enter the afterlife?

The transition is smoother than they tell you. The fear, the avoidance, the need to extend life. They’re largely unnecessary. Reality is kinder, if a bigger liar. You don’t see it coming, but also, you don’t see it coming. 

The only way you really know is when you realise that no one hears you. Or sees you. But who cares about that; you were never much to look at, nor was looking at anything ever that meaningful, except for maybe the sight of artists engrossed in their art. Singers singing was beautiful and painters painting was beautiful.

But all other beauty was an illusion. Were you an illusion?

Killer Hope

You know it's not the hope that kills you, Cartwright. It's knowing it's the hope that kills you, that kills you.

- Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses - 5x06 - Scars

That Look

Yes, you had that look. Like the world has been letting you down since before you were even here. 

- Kenzo’s mother in Giri/Haji 1x07

Gin

We make compromises. Some days, we feel okay about that. Some days, we have gin.

- Eidra Park in The Diplomat - 3x07 - PNG

Happiness

Happiness as a byproduct of a well-ordered life may last. As a goal, it is invariably doomed to failure. 

- Bertha Russell in The Guilded Age - 3x01 - Who Is in Charge Here?

Pilgrims

One pilgrim alone is merely a zealot, but two pilgrims together, that’s a pilgrimage. 

- Leslie Higgins in Ted Lasso - 3x06

Nibhaana

Kuch rishte karzon jaise hote hain; unhein nibhaana naheen, chukaana padta hai. 

(Some relationships are like debts; they have to be, not handled / seen though, but repaid.)

- Zafar in Kalank