“The Worst Distance Between Two People Is Misunderstanding.”

Jenny Slate, Little Weirds

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Robin Williams

Stéphane Mallarmé, from Collected Poems and Other Verse; “The Nurse and Herodias,” (x)

father roger goes for a walk by Franz Wright

“I will not think less of myself just because you do not know how to love me.”

— Unknown

Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

Don Miguel Ruiz

Anne Sexton, from The Collected Poems; “Flight”

“I understood myself only after I destroyed myself. And only in the process of fixing myself did I know who I really was.”

— Sade Andria Zabala

the thing is, ellen bass

“Just in case you ever foolishly forget; I’m never not thinking of you.”

— Virginia Woolf, Selected Diaries