The more you feel, the stronger you are.

Unrequited love is so boring. Weeping under a blue-black sky is for suckers or maniacs.

I never even believed in happiness. I didn't think it existed. Now look at me. I'm ready to believe in just about anything.

My grandmother was overwhelmed by what was happening to us. She ahd moved back into the past because the here and the now was too terrible.

I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!

Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would not linger, diverting the warrior who might use it next, for even the faintest touch could bring lust to that man's heart. Perhaps that meant a woman who was well trained in arms would be the superior warrior, her attention never wavering from her task.