‘You have been given questions to which you cannot be given answers. You will have to live them out - perhaps a little at a time.’

And how long is that going to take?’

I don’t know. As long as you live, perhaps.’

That could be a long time.’

I will tell you a further mystery,’ he said. ‘It may take longer.”

--from 'Jayber Crow'; Wendell Berry

[via mythology of blue]