Emily Pooler

“It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold

“With some we’re certain our hearts must’ve been acquainted long before we have ever met them.”
― Shakieb Orgunwall

“Lovers find secret places
inside this violent world
where they make transactions
with beauty.”
― Rumi

“But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."
"What is that, grandmother?"
"To understand other people.”
― George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin