Alone, we live in our bodies as a question rather than a statement. - David Whyte

To consciously become close is a courageous form of unilateral disarmament, a chancing of our arm and our love, a willingness to hazard our affections and an unconscious declaration that we might be equal to the inevitable loss that the vulnerability of being close will bring.

Only those who put more energy into self-pity than into paying attention are truly marooned.

Walking the roads is enough today, I’ll follow the dark line of receding sun