But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized.

Look at an avalanche, and see that we are at our most powerful when we let go. Look at a flower, and see that we are at our most beautiful when we open up.

But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized.

Effort is the siamese twin of success

I don't want to turn any of this into poetry / but / you're so beautiful / flowers turn their heads to smell you

Don't tell me you're not beautiful. You're the kind of beautiful the blind would see if we could figure out some way to give them three seconds of sight.

To discover the thing you're brilliant at you first have to endure realizing all the things you're average at.