One day youβll have whatever it is youβre now so confusedly seeking. That kind of calm that comes from knowing oneself and others. But you canβt rush the arrival of that state of mind. There are things you only learn when no one teaches them. And thatβs how it is with life. Thereβs even more beauty in discovering it for yourself, in spite of the suffering.
Clarice Lispector, from "Gertrudes Asks for Advice" in The Complete Stories











