Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.

“

—	Isaac Asimov

" For each person there is a sentence—a series of words—which has the power to destroy them. "

Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand. "

Maaa

" your mother is the longest magic show you will ever see
no one knows how her face is target practice for her partner and
a shield for her children
how she makes a mouthful of blood disappear
erases bruises
hardens teeth
how she wakes up and dresses her children before
dressing her wounds "