Until we reach the end of time, we don’t know whether something’s been good or bad; we can only judge the intentions of those who acted. - Gene Wolfe

Very small, child, are the flying days of love, and men and women must catch them when they can, if they are to know love at all.

She often spoke of marryin' a butcher or a sausage maker, having a liking for those trades, as she said, for they knew you couldn't never get all the stains from their aprons, and didn't demand it.

What is perceived is dictated by the instrument. If you had other eyes, or another mind, you would see all things otherwise.