I realize now how much courage it takes to choose the life you want, whatever that might be.
Ally CondieWriting, painting, singing -- it cannot stop everything. Cannot halt death in its tracks. But perhaps it can make the pause between death's footsteps sound and look and feel beautiful, can make the space of waiting a place where you can linger without as much fear. For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey there between footsteps makes up our lives.
Ally CondieOnce you want something, everything changes. Now I want everything. More and more and more.
Ally Condie