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

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.

[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68)

You must not inflict life on someone who will be resented.

I've heard people say that God is the gift of desperation, and there's a lot to be said for having really reached a bottom where you've run out of any more good ideas or plans for everybody else's behavior; or how to save and fix and rescue; or just get out of a huge mess, possibly of your own creation.

When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that's always in progress.

I am an Aries. Although I do not believe in astrology, I think this is exactly the right sign to have been born under.