Kaiden H

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“We are just as wise as the gods we created and just as clueless as the insects we smack down from our walls. We are just as insignificant as the dirt we walk on and just as marvelous as the cosmic nebulas that float above us. We are part of the whole of nature, cluelessly embedded in everything.”
― Robert Pantano, Notes from the End of Everything

“I am caught in the paradox of wanting to not want, desiring not to desire, trying to not try, knowing to unknow.”
― Robert Pantano

“Stories help us see and understand various micro-moments and aspects of life. They help us better connect and share ideas, lessons, and meaning. They are a beautiful, essential device of conscious life. And stories don’t always have to be real or accurately representative of life, to be helpful and important. But the truth is we appear to so often see life the same way that our favorite stories do. It is no coincidence that most good stories share the same basic structure, ingredients, and shapes. They’re a reflection of how we often like to think, and how we often want the world to be. However, when we assume that our entire life can fit neatly into the template of our favorite stories, or the Hollywood films we are so often inclined to believe and try to model our life after, when we expect or pretend to always know what ultimately good or bad fortune is, we create an expectation in every decision, action, and event, that carries so much pressure we are likely to fear any decision at all.”
― Robert Pantano