Some people feel they don’t deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces trying to close the gaps of the past into the depths of sea. The sea only gives them harsh blows, occasionally, the chance to blow.

You’re wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from human relationships. That joy is an illusion. It can be here. Up here. In your heart.

Its fragility is like a crystal. It is not its weakness but fineness. A fine crystal glass has to be cared for, not shattered.

Like a river suddenly reversing the direction of its flow, suddenly uphill*

*favorite quotes edited from “Into the Wild”