Marian

“It is the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“Humility is not a virtue we cultivate in the abstract; it is a mark of integrity to the gospel, and all our efforts at humility must be fueled by the gospel lest they result in mere fleshly counterfeits or imitations.”
― Gavin Ortlund, Humility: The Joy of Self-Forgetfulness

“I wanted, more than anything, a chance to be simple, once again, as I was meant to be, and as I had been long ago, a long, long time ago.”
― Anita Brookner, Look at Me

“VLADIMIR: I missed you . . . and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a strange thing?

ESTRAGON: (shocked). Happy?

VLADIMIR: Perhaps it's not quite the right word.

ESTRAGON: And now?

VLADIMIR: Now? . . . (Joyous.) There you are again . . . (Indifferent.) There we are again. . .
(Gloomy.) There I am again.”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot