An idea or an insight doesn't come from a single happening, it requires a meeting to alter a perspective. Often it takes a while for the events to collide, but when they do it is inevitable that a change will follow.

Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows

It's the nasty and the accident that form the foundation for elegance that comes later.

Do you see that I cherish you beyond question, that you have nothing to prove to me? You are making your journey to secure yourself. I am already tethered to your side. if you can love yourself as I love you there will be no dislocation --- you will be whole. Bring yourself home to me and I will immerse you in very ounce of tenderness I possess. - Sabine Strohem

Letter writing is an excellent way of slowing down this lunatic helterskelter universe long enough to gather one’s thoughts

She who licks her lips knows the taste of her lover's desires

One of the key pleasures of receiving a letter is the act of holding and entering the envelope - a sort of cross between Christmas and sex.