No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people’s eyes, to reveal the marvels around.

I saw that she didn’t want to answer that question and so I asked again: when mouths close it’s because there’s something important to be said.

I’ve noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it.