Maria Zivalich

“The problem with love and God, the two of them, is how to say anything about them that doesn’t annihilate them instantly with the wrong words, with untruth. . . . In this sense, love and God are equivalents. We feel both, but because we cannot speak clearly about them, we end up–wordless, inarticulate—by denying their existence altogether, and, pfffffft, they die.”
― Charles Baxter, The Feast of Love

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

“Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It