They pursue meaninglessness until they can force it to mean.
Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
One does not become fully human painlessly.
I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.
There is no meaningful yes unless the individual could also have said no.
We receive love — from our children as well as others — not in proportion to our demands or sacrifices or needs, but roughly in proportion to our own capacity to love.