All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it. – George Bernard Shaw

Out of a hundred years a few minutes were made that stayed with me, not a hundred years. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any time; to be afraid and to know and acknowledge your fear, and still to live creatively and with unstinting love: that is to live with grace. – Peter Henry Abrahams

Sometimes questions are more important than answers. – Nancy Willard, quoted in The Meaning of Life, compiled by Hugh S. Moorhead