Rachel Klein Quotes

To sublime: to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state.To sublimate: to divert the expression of an instinctual desire or impulse from its primitive form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable.Sublime: of outstanding spiritual, intellectual, or moral worth.

How do we know that our life really happened and that we are not simply accumulating details, making it all up as we go along?

It's true that I never wanted to grow up. But how important was it really — to have decided to be human?

I love that moment, when you stop struggling to stay awake and your eyelids shut sink down and you slip effortlessly into another realm that’s beckoning to you.

If I know something, I am not a victim. Victims don't know the meaning of their suffering. I am an enemy or a collaborator, not a victim.

You have to trust someone before you can have rituals with them.

Some days I wonder how I'll get through a whole lifetime of thinking. A life that's just words, words, words, shuffling around in my head. Was I born that way?

You don't know where you are or where your dreams end and the world begins.