Circling the Sun

never been afraid of anything, have you?”
“I have, though,” I said, surprised at my own emotion. “I’ve been terrified…I just haven’t let it stop me.”

It’s awfully dangerous. I know I don’t have to tell you that.” He stared into his coffee, thinking quietly. “But you’ve

More than anyone I’d known, Denys understood how nothing ever holds still for us, or should. The trick is learning to take things as they come and fully, too, with no resistance or fear, not trying to grip them too tightly or make them bend.