What writing gives me

Moments when everything seems to be imbued with a sense of oneness, a kind of peaceful unity that makes me feel like the world speeding by around me has been muted because I've found the niche I've been looking for. And I don't want to ever leave it.

From Little Women

"If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear you may someday find yourselves believing that's all you really are. But time errodes all such beauty. What it cannot diminish are the wonderful workings of your mind: your humour, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you."