“God may promise not to destroy creation, but it is not a promise humankind made - to our peril.”

“Love is like a batik created from many emotional colors, it is a fabric whose pattern and brightness may vary.”

“Every day our life was full of thoughts of the horrible present, and even our own death.”

“And yet, words are the passkeys to our souls. Without them, we can't really share the enormity of our lives.”

“<...> [Rainer Maria Rilke] speaks of absorbing Earth's phenomena with the full frenzy of human relish and insight as our destiny: "It is our task to imprint this temporary, perishable earth into ourselves so deeply, so painfully and passionately, that its essence can rise again... We are the bees of the invisible... [Our work is] the continual conversion of the beloved visible and tangible world into the invisible vibrations and agitation of our own nature.”

“Our lives together, our duet, also continues to evolve, and even if we can’t go back to how it was, we’re designing a good life for us, in spite of everything.”

“For me, life offers so many complexly appealing moments that two beautiful objects may be equally beautiful for different reasons and at different times. How can one choose?”