You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself.

...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.

Having a child as a single mother was a crucible - maybe this is true for all parents. I got rid of so much stuff that didn't really matter in the scheme of things-like throwing stuff out of an airplane that kept me flying too low. What was left was essential, i.e. not a lot of extraneous stuff that had kept me busy and people-pleasing. I just didn't have the luxury of wasting my life force on so much stupidity and distraction. That made me strong.

There is nothing you can buy, achieve, own, or rent that can fill up that hunger inside for a sense of fulfillment and wonder.

Charles had once remarked that holding onto a resentment was like eating rat poison and waiting for the rat to die.

I like the desert for short periods of time, from inside a car, with the windows rolled up, and the doors locked. I prefer beach resorts with room service.

There is ecstasy in paying attention.