This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.

In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients.

There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.

I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown.

Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot.

If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.