─ Jonathan Safran Foer

“No me gusta vivir de vanas esperanzas, ni de ingenuas ilusiones. Abrazar demasiado lo que aun no llega, es prepararse el terreno para recibir el golpe duro de la vida que tarde o temprano llega. Prefiero abrazar la realidad tal cual es, aunque me parta el alma, aunque me reviente las entrañas, porque al fin y a cabo la verdad libera… y liberarse duele.”

— Firthunands

Somos instantes,

un ratito nada más,

seres fugaces,

que llegan y se van.

— Caloncho

Unfortunately if you are an old friend of mine I will always care about you. No matter what, even if we haven't seen each other in forever because I still remember what you were like 7 years ago and I still remember how it felt to be young with you and I still have a lot of love for you in the back of my mind.

In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.

Abraham Maslow

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

Jason Schneiderman, from "Staircase", You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

“It was good for a while, being empty. I didn’t hurt anymore. But as time went on, it was like I could hear myself from far away, begging for permission to come back.”

— Myra McEntire