Jen

“The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.”
― T.E Lawrence

“And never have I felt so deeply
at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world.”
― Albert Camus

“He who knows the masculine but keeps to the feminine,
Becomes the ravine of the world.
Being the ravine of the world,
He dwells in constant virtue,
He returns to the state of the babe.
He who knows the white but keeps to the black,
Becomes the model of the world.
Being the model of the world,
He rests in constant virtue,
He returns to the infinite.
He who knows glory but keeps to disgrace,
Becomes the valley of the world.
Being the valley of the world,
He finds contentment in constant virtue,
He returns to the Uncarved Block.”
― Laozi

“The cockroach
who is dying
and the woman
who is blind
agree
not to notice
each other’s shame.”
― Audre Lorde