Lorna

“When the sun shines you cannot see the moon," he said. "But when the sun is gone--ah, when the sun is gone.”
― Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile

“He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.”
― Ancient China Knowledge, The 36 Stratagems in Ancient China War: 三十六计

“the overarching ambition of Nordic societies during the course of the twentieth century, and into the twenty-first, has not been to socialize the economy at all, as is often mistakenly assumed. Rather the goal has been to free the individual from all forms of dependency within the family and in civil society: the poor from charity, wives from husbands, adult children from parents, and elderly parents from their children. The express purpose of this freedom is to allow all those human relationships to be unencumbered by ulterior motives and needs, and thus to be entirely free, completely authentic, and driven purely by love.”
― Anu Partanen, The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

“When you understand, you cannot help but love. You cannot get angry.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life