tied to religion because it was seen as something purer than normal life. That is why Pythagoras was a kind of spiritual leader.

What feels impossible now won’t always be. But don’t think of the bad times as unrelated to the good. The dark is how we see the light. We need the contrast. We don’t see all the stars in the day, do we?

are you familiar with the concept of “dissipation-driven adaptation”?’

worry is incredibly common.

worry is incredibly common.

Love doesn’t just disappear. It’s like light. It keeps travelling.

‘And ten billion of those stars are like our sun, and two billion have exoplanets on which the conditions for life are pretty much like ours. Two billion.’

The flawed truth of our love, perfect in its broken symmetry. I love you, Grace Winters, and the mistakes we made don’t make the love matter any less.’

The scent of a flower was no longer just a scent to me. It was a whole language, an advertisement of life.