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"Love is dangerous and yet, it's essential"

"Maybe that was the trick to life: to notice all the tiny moments in the day when everything else fell away and, for a split second, or maybe even a few seconds, you had no worries, only pleasure, only appreciation of what was right in front of you."

 "Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life".

"Somehow I must hold on to both my pain and my hope they each deserve my belief. They are both real and they both matter. I am on the gurney. I am underground. I am pushing toward the light, I'm developing roots no one can see, I am waiting on spring shoots, I am still in winter. I am all of these things, but none of them will last. Tomorrow will be different from today, so I'll just keep f****** going."

"you may have ruined my life, but first you gave one to me"

"I couldn't have found God in the seminary, he thought, as he looked at the sunrise". 

I think about this idea often. Where do each of us find and feel God closest and speaking to our hearts. It's always been nature for me as well.

"There are so many things to do, but I won’t make the excuse that I have no time anymore. Instead, I will think about what I can do with the time I have. 'One day' is going to become tomorrow."

"I glance back at my old bedroom. how does one move on? how do the living keep living? one day my mom was here and the next, she was gone. how do I live all the other days without her?"