Five things on being astonished:

“It is an astonishment to be alive, and it behoves you to be astonished.” — Katherine Rundell, paraphrasing poet John Donne

“If you attend thoughtfully to what you already have, you need nothing more. It’s all here.” — Claire Messud

“Let me / keep my mind on what matters, / which is my work, / which is mostly standing

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