“I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.”

“life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat.”

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”

“People living deeply have no fear of death.”

“How well I know with what burning intensity you live. You have experienced many lives already, including several you have shared with me- full rich lives from birth to death, and you just have to have these rest periods in between.”

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

“And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”