I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within. - Lillian E. Smith

The human heart dares not stay away from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.

[The truth] is what actually happens. Not what you want to happen. Not what you're afraid will happen. We make up stories when we want things to happen or are afraid they may happen. And sometimes we do it for fun-or to scare people or make them do our way or to hurt them. And sometimes we do it because it's a pretty story and we tell it just as we fly a kite or send balloons floating.

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new question, then it is time to die