Marissa

“Asking is, in itself, the fundamental building block of any relationship.”
― Amanda Palmer, The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

“No one can be authentically human while he prevents others from being so.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“When we stop distancing ourselves from the pain in the world, our own or others’, we create the possibility of a new experience, one that often surprises because of how much joy, connection, or relief it yields. Destruction may continue, but humanity shines through.”
― Mark Epstein, The Trauma of Everyday Life

“Don’t search for heaven and hell in the future. Both are now present. Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven. Whenever we fight, hate, we are in hell.”
― Shams Tabrizi