Nancy

“The leaves fall, fall as from far,
Like distant gardens withered in the heavens;
They fall with slow and lingering descent.

And in the nights the heavy Earth, too, falls
From out the stars into the Solitude.

Thus all doth fall. This hand of mine must fall
And lo! the other one:—it is the law.
But there is One who holds this falling
Infinitely softly in His hands.

- Autumn”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

“There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, every one of them sufficient.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

“Language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

“Our deepest fears are like dragons guarding our deepest treasure.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke