It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness.

Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.

Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some gods would dream of.

That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness.

Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.

Celebration is a kind of food we all need in our lives, and each individual brings a special recipe or offering, so that together we will make a great feast. Celebration is a human need that we must not, and can not, deny. It is richer and fuller when many work and then celebrate together.

It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness.