“Some things are worth more after they've been broken. The repair is the evidence that they were worth saving.”
“The break is part of the object's story. Making it invisible doesn't heal it. It just makes you carry it alone.”
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” — Epictetus · Fragments
“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” — Seneca · Letters to Lucilius
“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book IX
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book VII
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?” — Epictetus · Discourses, Book I