Hannah

“She could not tell anyone, but it seemed to her that with each baby lost, another part of the rope bridge linking her to the world at large had snapped and fallen away, until only the flimsiest thread kept her connected to that world, kept her sane”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Second in this Strange World & How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

“Nothing in the whole universe is comparable to the mind or can take its place. Everything is mind-made. Yet we all take out minds for granted, which is another absurdity. No one takes the body for granted. When the body gets sick, we quickly run to the doctor. When the body gets hungry, we quickly feed it. When the body gets tired, we quickly rest it. But what about the mind? Only the meditator looks after the mind.”
― Ayya Khema, Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path

“What does "I am here" mean? It means, "I exist. I'm really here, because I'm not lost in the past, in the future, in my thinking, in the noise inside, the noise outside. I'm here”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise

“What might be behind that anguish? Is it that we want to put our faith in humanity, and when that faith is shaken, we feel as though our very selves are being destroyed? Is it that we want to love humanity, and this is the agony we feel when that love is shattered?
Does love beget pain, and is some pain evidence of love?”
― Han Kang, Light and Thread