The ground we stand on looks solid enough, but if something happens, it can drop right out from under you. Haruki Murakami

In the gardens of memory, in the palace of dreams … that is where you and I shall meet. Alice in Wonderland

You can hold back from the suffering of the world, you have permission to do so, and it is in accordance with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could have avoided. Franz Kafka

All this striving is wearing you down.
You’re fighting with life like you’re in charge.
There is nothing to be done. This is the way things are.
Loosen your grip; the glass is already broken.
Carolyn Davis Rudolph

It’s what life is. It’s a series of rooms and who we get stuck in those rooms with adds up to what our lives are. Dr. Gregory House