Claudia

“In the womb, every child is interdependent with its mother’s body. If either of them is sick, the other is affected. In the same way we are interdependent with the body of the earth. The minerals of the soil make up our wheat and our bones, the storm clouds become our drinks and our blood, the oxygen from the trees and forests is the air we breathe. The more consciously we realize this shared destiny, the more compassion arises for the earth itself.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology

“Joaquin Perdu had said nothing for an unusually long time, then Jean heard him sniff. “Well, Jeanno…having a child is like casting off your own childhood forever. It’s as if it’s only then that you really grasp what it means to be a man. You’re scared too that all your weaknesses will be laid bare, because fatherhood demands more than you can give….I always felt I had to earn your love, because I loved you so, so much.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

“Give the future enough thought to be ready for it—but don’t worry about it. Live each day as if you were to die next sunrise. Then face each sunrise as a fresh creation and live for it, joyously. And never think about the past. No regrets, ever.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
― Maya Angelou