Turtles All The Way Down

"Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake."

- William Shakespeare

I wonder if I fucked it up. But if I hadn't done it, I'd have wondered something else. Life is a series of choices between wonders.

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"At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint fo even remember it. It is enough."

- Toni Morrisson

Last night I lay on the frozen ground, staring up at a clear sky only somewhat ruined by light pollution and the fog produced by my own breath - no telescope or anything, just me and the wide-open sky - and I kept thinking about sky is a singular noun, as if it's one thing. But the sky isn't one thing. The sky is everything. And last night, it was enough. 

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I can't remember the last time I fell so hard for a fictional character.