“The Buddha’s teachings on love are clear. It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh

“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”

— Carl Jung

I said I wanted to worship something,
[. . .]
and felt myself become gospel in your hands.

∆ C. T. Salazar, from Self Portrait as Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking, Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking (Acre Books, 2022)