Pax

by Sara Pennypacker

distrust is no match for kindness administered consistently and unmeasured, especially in creatures new to the world.

Because I am exactly where I should be, doing exactly what I should be doing. That is peace.

People should tell the truth about what war costs.

I had to relearn everything that was right and wrong for me. But I couldn’t—the world was too loud for me to hear myself think.

“Michelangelo was once asked how he’d created one of his statues. He said, ‘I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.’

The plain truth can be the hardest thing to see when it’s about yourself. If you don’t want to know the truth, you’ll do anything to disguise it.”

“Oneness is always growing in the world, boy. Two but not two. It’s always there, connecting its roots, humming.