Davena

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

“You are afraid to let anyone in, but you still leave the door open, hoping someone good will shut the door behind him and throw away the keys.”
― Jenim Dibie, The Calligraphy of God: A Collection of Love Poems

“We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way we do this—through love, work, family, faith, friends, denial, alcohol, drugs, or medication—we build these walls, stone by stone, over a lifetime. One of the most difficult problems is to construct these barriers of such a height and strength that one has a true harbor, a sanctuary away from crippling turmoil and pain, but yet low enough, and permeable enough, to let in fresh seawater that will fend off the inevitable inclination toward brackishness.”
― Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
― Maya Angelou