“Ralph Waldo Emerson, toward the end
of his life, found the names
of familiar objects escaping him.”

Lawrence Raab

We look at the world once, in childhood.
The rest is memory.

Louise Glück

First, you must let your heart
be broken open
in a way you have never
felt before,
cannot imagine.

Dorothy Walters

"It’s ironic that the biggest potential problem associated with focusing on emotional discomfort is closely linked to one of its most powerful payoffs: our cage may get rattled a bit before it collapses."

Shinzen Young