“The pure power of a life can manifest as beatitude, or as an unspeakable, sheer violence...”

“If a life can be ruined in a single moment, a moment of betrayal, or violence, or ill luck, then why can a life not also be saved, be worth living, be made, by just a few pure moments of perfection?”

“and you and I left with the same old question the sheer unspeakable strangeness of being here at all ”

“Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.”

“Maybe your unspeakable defects give you power too?”

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”