Mary Germanotta Duquette

"At every point, in every way,

all over – even in the supposed down-trodden areas, where one finds less green and more cement - every place has its beauty, because every place is filled, in some part, with life. And humanity. And this is all so beautiful.

To look on these places and feel hollow, feel alone, afraid, sullen and sad, is not a reflection of the place itself, but a reflection of us. We see through subjective eyes, through eyes that may not understand, or follow, or see through the external, physical world. We perceive our world in our own way, and sometimes it’s miserable. Sometimes we don’t see the beauty, the intrinsic humanity of the world. We miss the disarming clarity of a true nature, the open arms of joy."