Weeping is terrible for the complexion" said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, "but it is very good for the soul.

I could not get my fill of looking. There should be a song for women to sing at this moment or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment.

Mountains are where heaven meets earth.

It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.

Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters.

Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles, tears, sighs and dreams of a human life.

If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.