Pauline

“People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.”
― Anais Nin

“When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.”
― Adrienne Rich

“It takes a very long time to become young.”
― Pablo Picasso