Cora

“What we are talking about is getting to know fear, before coming familiar with fear, looking it right in the eye – not as a way to solve problems, but as a complete undoing of old ways of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and thinking. The truth is that when we really begin to do this, we're going to be continually humbled. There's not going to be much room for the arrogance that holding on to ideals can bring. The arrogance that inevitably does arise is going to be continually shut down by our own courage to step forward a little further. The kinds of discoveries that are made through practice have nothing to do with believing in anything. They have much more to do with having the courage to die, the courage to die continually.”
― Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

“I think sometimes she unfolds her losses and stares at them, in the dark”
― Susan Fletcher, Corrag

“Meanwhile we’re encouraging women to freeze their eggs,” Dr. Molson says. “Why? Seven billion people on the planet, each new baby a tiny climate disaster unto himself.” She tells them about a Swedish study that found that each American child brought into the world means another fifty-eight metric tons of carbon dioxide. To offset the carbon footprint of one more American baby, 684 teenagers would have to become impeccable recyclers who gave up air travel for the rest of their lives.”
― Jess Walter, The Way the World Ends

“Some people could not bear waiting, or silence, and so gave away more than they knew.”
― Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt