Alexandra

“When you look at the clouds they are not symmetrical. They do not form fours and they do not come along in cubes, but you know at once that they are not a mess. [...] They are wiggly but in a way, orderly, although it is difficult for us to describe that kind of order. Now, take a look at yourselves. You are all wiggly. [...] We are just like clouds, rocks and stars. Look at the way the stars are arranged. Do you criticize the way the stars are arranged?”
― Alan W. Watts, The Tao of Philosophy: The Edited Transcripts

“To be alive at all is to have scars.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent