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“Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.” ~Haruki Murakami

“What we see, we see/ and seeing is changing.” ~Adrienne Rich

“I did not know I could only get the most out of life by giving myself up to it.” ~Marion Milner

“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love – whether we call it friendship or family or romance – is the work of mirroring each other’s light.” ~James Baldwin

“I am learning to live beyond fear by living through it . . . ” ~Audre Lorde

“Why were the things that were closest so often the hardest to see?” ~Claire Keegan

“So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets.” ~Haruki Murakami

“Wherever you are is called Here,/And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,/Must ask permission to know it, and be known.” ~David Wagoner

“I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know. Twilight is the border between day and night, and the shore is the border between sea and land.” ~Tove Jansson

“How do we see what’s there besides ‘good’ or ‘bad’? The word gazing comes to mind – a kind of open and sustained looking.” ~Lynda Barry