“How numerous and manifold is everything that is yet to come, and how differently it all surfaces and how differently it all passes from the way we expect. How poor we are in imagination, fantasy, and expectation, how lightly and superficially we take ourselves in making plans, only for reality then to arrive and play its melodies on us.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, from “On Life and Living,” The Poet’s Guide to Life: The Wisdom of Rilke, ed. and trans. Ulrich Baer (Modern Library, 2005)
“Now that I’ve lost all hope I always want less. I want less small talk, less friends, less noise and less commitments. I am making space for more authentic conversations, more real relationships, more time for solitude and more moments of freedom.”— Juansen Dizon, Minimalist
