It helps to know who is living through you at any given moment. The less you know about it, the more it dominates and keeps you from other adventures.

My point is that you could think of the people you meet in your life as questions, there to help you figure out who you are, what you’re made of, and what you want.

It’s when the thing interacts that its properties are revealed, even resolved.

You said it yourself. I always noticed them. I noticed them because I couldn’t help it. Only from the inside can you know what it’s like from the inside. Understanding isn’t just knowing or learning what it is but knowing what it’s like.

There’s something about doing it with someone else, she said, something in just talking about it, something about how it leaves you feeling afterward. Decisions seem lighter; everything is lighter.