No matter how mature and adult and sophisticated a person might seem, that person is still essentially an ex-baby.

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My suspicion is that the soul choreographs one’s biography and one’s destiny….you look at a beautiful interesting face telling a story that you know doesn’t hold a candle to the life that’s secretly in there.

 – John O’Donohue

For a lovely and far-ranging interview with Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue — sadly one of his last — see the terrific On Being site.