If you have ever come up against Nothing you have no idea how it can scare you out of your wits. When I was a child I used to be afraid of Something in the dark. I know now that the most fearful thing about the dark is that we may find Nothing in it.

~ Howard Spring

Howard Spring Day Fear Fearful Learning Life Lessons Night Nothing Old Something Young

Do what we will, we are alone. The sooner we learn that, the better; and the more we are fit to be alone with ourselves, the more we are respectful to the individuality of others, and therefore the more we are fit to associate with our kind. This was a paradox she would have to learn for ourselves.

~ Howard Spring

Howard Spring Alone Individuality

Does life teach us anything more, I wondered, than not to cry over all there is to cry about?

~ Howard Spring

Howard Spring Crying Life Tears