Arna McGuinness

“The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.”
― Djuna Barnes, Nightwood

“If you want to be happy, be.”
― Leo Tolstory

“Hope abides; therefore I abide.
Countless frustrations have not cowed me.
I am still alive, vibrant with life.
The black cloud will disappear,
The morning sun will appear once again
In all its supernal glory.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God