A quote which has given me a lot of comfort over the years, and to which I’ve been turning often of late:

My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and what misses me was never meant for me.

Imam al-Shafi’i

Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found out long ago.

C. S. Lewis

Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow.
Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Albert Camus

While there’s life there’s hope!

Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

I don’t know what I think until I write it down.

Joan Didion

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Pablo Picasso

There are all kinds of love in this world, but never the same love twice.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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