Eric

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.”
― Sharon Olds

“Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79)”
― Stephen Levine, A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last

“Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning