“For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.” Rainer Maria Rilke ✪

“Writing, for me, has always been about grief and loss and sacrifice. It was about sorting through things. It was making sense of things. And I always felt like devoting myself to it made those things manifest in my life. The times when I was most prolific were also times of extreme grief…” talesfrommidair - "Operation Favorite Me" ✪

“You love someone, you open yourself up to suffering, that’s the sad truth. Maybe they’ll break your heart, maybe you’ll break their heart and never be able to look at yourself in the same way. Those are the risks. That’s the burden.” Dr. Brennan - "Bones" ✪