pain in the heart

"our grief shows us how we are 'attached.' but it also shows us the glorious part of our attachment - that we are woven into the fabric of the world, that we are linked to everything that is."
-anne cushman
"whenever suffering comes, i will find a form to meet it.
how can i not be there?
pain will always open your eyes to see me."
-suzanne ironbiter, "the goddess's promise"