“Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's chalking.”
“...you betrayed me, but after all those years I discover, my tears have wiped the slate clean...”
“The work of man is done behind the back of the natural world. When nature notices, and can muster the energy, it wipes the slate clean again.”
“Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail, but every day is a clean slate and a fresh opportunity”
“You need to be willing to wipe the slate clean and admit that you may not know everything about running. This is the best advice I can give for staying injury-free”
“...diverting one's attention from the past was not the same as envisioning and embarking upon a future. On the other hand, if the past were razed, the slate wiped clean, maybe fewer people would confuse it with the future, and that at least would be something.”