Jaclyn

“I learned today that life is very precious. Even when we’re determined to block the magic, it will get through and wake us up.”
― Pema Chödrön, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

“Perfectionism also prevents us from letting in the love of others, no matter how abundant and genuine it is. When we are preoccupied with our deficiencies, we are often untouched by the nurturance others offer us. How tragic that so many of us are convinced we only deserve to be loved when we are happy or excelling.”
― Pete Walker, The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame

“for he that strikes the first blow, if he strikes it hard enough, may need to strike no more.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“She was, on the contrary, inclined to be silent; she shrank from expressing herself even in talk, let alone in writing.”
― Virginia Woolf, Night and Day