Joan

“I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.”
― Thomas Carlyle

“It might be lonelier
Without the Loneliness —
I'm so accustomed to my Fate —
Perhaps the Other — Peace —

Would interrupt the Dark —
And crowd the little Room —
Too scant — by Cubits — to contain
The Sacrament — of Him —

I am not used to Hope —
It might intrude upon —
Its sweet parade — blaspheme the place —
Ordained to Suffering —

It might be easier
To fail — with Land in Sight —
Than gain — My Blue Peninsula —
To perish — of Delight —

F535 (1863) J405”
― Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Life is a tapestry woven by the decisions we make.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kiss of the Night