Ryan Washington

“The virtue of angels is that they
cannot deteriorate;
their flaw is that they cannot
improve. Man's
flaw is that he can deteriorate; and
his virtue is
that he can improve.”
― Hasidic Saying

“My spirit balanced on the razor’s edge of light and dark, freedom and slavery, life and death.”
― Juliette Cross, Darkest Heart

“You've got to find forgiveness, Florence," said Elsie. "You find it so easily in other people, why do you struggle so much to find it in yourself?"
"I'm a bad person. I'm flawed. Damaged."
"Of course you are."
I looked at him.
"We all are. Every one of us is damaged. We need the faults, the breaks, the fracture lines."
"We do?" I said.
'Of course we do. However else would all the light get in?"
I could see Elsie smiling at us.
"You can't define yourself by a single moment." Jack held my hand very tightly. I could feel him shaking. "That moment doesn't make you who you are."
"Then what does?" I said.
"Oh, Florence. Everything else," he said. "Everything else.”
― Joanna Cannon

“Your body. Your diet. Your life. It isn't perfect. It never will be. But it's real. It's honest. It's beautifully flawed. And totally magical.”
― Nicola Jane Hobbs, Thrive Through Yoga: A 21-Day Journey to Ease Anxiety, Love Your Body and Feel More Alive