Here's the thing: the unit of reverence in Europe is the family, which is why a child born today of unmarried parents in Sweden has a better chance of growing up in a house with both of his parents than a child born to a married couple in America. Here we revere the couple, there they revere the family.

the only thing you need to do for now is get some rest and take good care of yourself until you do know the answer

Some days are meant to be counted, others are meant to be weighed.

I've read that under trauma, that you have this ability to kind of disconnect from the experience.

Guilt's just your ego's way of tricking you into thinking that you're making moral progress. Don't fall for it, my dear.

In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega--a fellow you hired to walk in front of you at night with a lit lantern, showing you the way, scaring off thieves and demons, bringing you confidence and protection through the dark streets.

You might get nothing out of it at all except a beautiful, long life where all you did was follow your gorgeous curiosity. And that should be enough too.