Nin’s Island

“i’m fragile in your hands but i’m the weakest in my own. i don’t know anyone who can break me like i break me.”

*deep breath* Though the risk is small, raw eggs can carry samonella.

“It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.”

Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star. It's dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago. Maybe the star doesn't even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything.

“I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.”

“Spirituality does not mean going away from life. Spirituality means becoming alive in the fullest possible way so you are not just alive on the surface, you are alive to the core.”

“If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.”

I wasn't very kind to myself for a really long time and I'm trying to learn that now. So do what you need to do, and push yourself, but also forgive yourself if you fuck it up, or if you're struggling.

I do not believe that things will turn out well; but the idea that they might — that is of vital importance.