She had no reason not to believe in the impossible. Desperation was always ready to pray for miracles. — Tanith Lee

Nothing can be learned without some measure of risk, and, more vital still, of patience.

Self-love is neither fantasy nor vulgar joke. The totality of the “I,” the inbuilt survival and self-protective trait, is one of the most unshakable syndromes known to psycho-science.

In our place, we can hardly go backward, but neither should we ignore the nakedness of humanity before the huge-wheeled vehicle of progress. We have too much to give, and far too much to learn, to throw ourselves away.