That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets.

You can have pride in what you do each day, but not arrogance in what you were born with.

If you are greedy, what is inside you is what makes you always hungry.

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house.

How I saw in her my own true nature. What was beneath my skin. Inside my bones... Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain. This is how a daughter honors her mother. It is shou so deep it is in your bones. The pain of the flesh is nothing. The pain you must forget. Because sometimes that is the only way to remember what is in your bones. You must peel off your skin, and that of your mother, and her mother before her. Until there is nothing. No scar, no skin, no flesh.

Sure I loved him - too much. And he loved me, only not enough. I just want someone who thinks I'm number one in his life. I'm not willing to accept emotional scraps anymore.

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?