“ The boy was growing bored and this was a form of growing up. ”
I walked down the hall and saw that [she] was sitting on the floor next to a chair. This is always a bad sign. It's a slippery slope, and it's best just to sit in chairs, to eat when hungry, to sleep and rise and work. But we have all been there. Chairs are for people, and you're not sure if you are one.
~ Miranda July
Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.
Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.
... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.
