Quotes

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. - Haruki Murakami
An intimate relationship is not necessarily a physical relationship. Rather, it is a trusting, close friendship with another person in which one can be honest without fear of rejection. - Erik Erikson
Create a world, your world. Alone. Stand alone. And then love will come to you, then it comes to you. - Anaïs Nin  

Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring. - Vladimir Nabokov, Mary

 April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.

- TS Eliot