Aquila

“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around us in awareness.”
― James Thurber

“The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth he can accept about himself without running away.”
― Leland Val Van De Wall

“Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.”
― Mary Rakow

“There was no way to explain that the thing about dark is that it’s rare. There’s always some ambient light. There’s always that contrast that helps you understand: This is dark. The pricks of stars, the leak beneath the door, the glow of an appliance, something. Wasn’t its ability to assert itself, and at breakneck speed at that, light’s most remarkable quality?”
― Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind