God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
J. M. Barrie, Courage, from the rectorial address given to the Red Gowns of St. Andrews University
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.
Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet