Ariel

“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
― Erica Jong

“Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“We are not all born at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later... Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.”
― Mary Austin

“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer