Mayumi

“The only way to avoid being left behind was to start moving.”
― Jojo Moyes, After You

“There are only 3 things that can make your dreams come true: your thoughts, your words, and your actions.”
― Mike Dooley

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me want to dream.”
― Vincent Van Gogh, Van Gogh's Starry Night Notebook

“Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child...I could not get my fill of looking.
There should be a song for women to sing at this moment or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment. Like every mother since the first mother, I was overcome and bereft, exalted and ravaged. I had crossed over from girlhood. I beheld myself as an infant in my mother's arms, and caught a glimpse of my own death. I wept without knowing whether I I rejoiced or mourned. My mother and their mothers were with me as I held my baby.”
― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent