The giant ornamental clock at the <n>Musée d'Orsay</n> in Paris.

The sunken conversation pit at <n>Casa Alférez</n>, a <n>Brutalist</n> home in Mexico by <n>Ludwig Godefroy</n>.

The <n>Casa de la Roca</n> in Morelia, Mexico, designed by <n>HW Studio</n>. Photo by <n>César Béjar</n>.

<n>Bal du moulin de la Galette</n> (1876), an <n>Impressionist</n> painting by <n>Pierre-Auguste Renoir</n>.

i live my life as a beautiful dance, harmonizing with the essence of my being

estar o no estar contigo es la medida de mi tiempo

life gives surprises, surprises give life

A black and white photograph of the <n>Eiffel Tower</n> in Paris, viewed from the <n>Champ de Mars</n>.

you will move in the direction of the people that you associate with

so it’s important to associate with people that are better than yourself

the friends you have will form you as you go through life

make  some good friends, keep them for the rest of your life, but have them be people that you admire as well as like

The <n>Musée d'Orsay Clock</n> in Paris.

there is a moment, a cusp, when the sum of gathered experience is worn down by the details of living

we are never so wise as when we live in this moment

our lives are steered by uncertainties, many of which are disruptive or even daunting; but that if we persevere and remain generous of heart, we may be granted a moment of supreme lucidity—a moment in which all that has happened to us suddenly comes into focus as a necessary course of events, even as we find ourselves on the threshold of a bold new life that we had been meant to lead all along