I’ll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don’t choose. We’ll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that didn’t carry us. There’s nothing to do but salute it from the shore. Cheryl Strayed

It’s strange how I cannot remember your voice, but if I heard it, I would immediately know it was you. Clint Smith

The stability we cannot find in the world, we must create within our own persons. Nathaniel Branden

Only when the clock stops does time come to life. William Faulkner

There are many reasons to treat each other with great tenderness. One is the sheer miracle that we are here together on a planet surrounded by dying stars. One is that we cannot see what anyone else has swallowed. Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer