Louisa

“It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves without moralizing, without harshness, without deception, can we let go of harmful patterns. Without maitri (metta), renunciation of old habits becomes abusive. This is an important point.”
― Pema Chodron

“The only way out is in.”
― Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

“A tale, like the universe, they tell us, expands ceaselessly each time you examine it, until there is finally no telling exactly where it begins, where it ends, or where it places you now.”
― Chang-rae Lee, On Such a Full Sea

“...for no matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you....”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God