“You have neat, tight expectation of what life out to give you, but you won't get it. That isn't what life does. Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. EVERY SEED DESTROYS ITS CONTAINER OR ELSE THERE WOULD BE NO FRUITION.”
Florida Scott-Maxwell
The Measure of My Days: One Woman's Vivid, Enduring Celebration of Life and Aging
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