“This mind is an amazing thing. It can conjure love from the scent of orange blossoms, peace from a dry breeze, and joy from a patch of grass on a summer day.” — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share Image
“The life of a mother is the life of a child: you are two blossoms on a single branch.” — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share Image
“I am talking about something more than just the gauzy circle of life. Sure, you're older now and one day you're going to die,… — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
Every life is a love story, but few of us know what love is until the story is nearly over. — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
“...Quite the narration in your head, even for a moment, and see for yourself that life is life, and not one minute of it… — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
“You don't have to wait for happiness, because there's no time but now to be happy. You don't have to go somewhere else, because… — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
“Every bit of life comes with instructions, when we are attentive enough to notice.” — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
“Nostalgia seems like a harmless pastime until it renders you blind.” — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
“When you go into labor you see that you are not the captain of the ship. You are the ship. There is no captain.… — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
“On a perfect day in your perfect little world (and it's always perfect) there is breakfast time, playtime, lunchtime, nap time, snack time, dinnertime,… — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
“Love is what we are, when we drop all the things that stand in the way.” — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
“To pass the barrier, you have to drop your ambivalence and cynicism. Your clever self-deceptions, excuses, and ulterior motives. You have to be ready,… — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
“It’s not so bad to find yourself free of the effort to overcome your life. It’s not so bad.” — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
“Nothing is solid. Everything disappears. In a million, billion ways the world will fail you. How can you bear it?” — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
“The world doesn't need another wanderlusting soul seeker. The world needs a homemaker - me - to make my home within it.” — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share
