Through Her Aurora Borealis

“Once I stop caring you’re not getting it back. I’ll be cold as ice, I promise.”

“Nothing goes away. Not on its own. You deal with it, or it deals with you.”

“The only meaningful thing we can offer one another is love. Not advice, not questions about our choices, not suggestions for the future, just love.”

things that made me stop wanting to die that require no effort whatsoever

Almost all of these are about variety. Humans need stimulation! We need enrichment! We literally cannot do the same thing every day!

“104-105. Self-conquest is far better than the conquest of others. Not even a god, an angel, Mara or Brahma can turn into defeat the victory of a person who is self-subdued and ever restrained in conduct.”

“The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.”

“Having a brilliant life means going outside your comfort zone. And sometimes discomfort shows us ways we can improve.”

“One day I looked at you and it occurred to me how beautiful your smile was. I heard music in your laughter-I saw poetry in your words. You asked me why I had that look on my face, as though a shadow had fallen across its sun-drenched landscape, heavy with premonition, dark with revelation. The second I tried to tell myself I wasn’t in love was the moment I realized I was.”

“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.”