Jeff Lee

“It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.”
― Epicurus

“That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.”
― Simone de Beauvoir

“More than anything, this place feels familiar. I bury my hands in the hot sand and think about the embodiment of memory or, more specifically, our natural ability to carry the past in our bodies and minds. Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation. I quietly thank this ancestor of mine for surviving the trip so that I could one day return.”
― Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

“To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.”
― Abraham Lincoln