“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“Its the not the Destination, It's the journey.”
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
“And when others are quick to stand in front of me, Xaden always stands at my side, trusting me to hold my own.”
― Fourth Wing
― Fourth Wing
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
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“It was about people and community. That’s what science is supposed to be about—not an academic exercise for the ivory tower, or racking up publications, grants, and offers of tenure. It’s about using the tools and technology available to make lives better, no matter what articles of faith obstruct the path.”
― What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
― What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
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