“Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.”
“Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only
from the vantage point of distance.”
“A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.”
“We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.”
“At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.”
“I am the sum total of everyone I have ever met and I’m grateful to have absorbed some of it.”
“The thing about trains - it doesn’t matter where they’re going. What matters is deciding to get on.”
“Inside us there is a word we cannot pronounce, and that is who we are.”
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
“The old man’s sweater makes you old.”