For life is the best thing we have in this existence. And if we should desire to believe in something, it should be a beacon within. This beacon being the sun, sea, and sky, our children, our work, our companions and, most simply put, the embodiment of love.
― Patti Smith, in “Let Me Count the Ways. Wise and Witty Women on the Subject of Love” by Becca Anderson (via Alive on All Channels)