A problem becomes a problem only if you believe it to be so. And often others see you as you see yourself.

The heart itself is beyond control. That is its power, and its weakness.

Everytime i have turned the page he re-enters my life as awkward as postscript

Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified. 'It's difficult,' he said. 'There's so little in life that's worth it.

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?

...this time I didn't launch into my usual tirade. Was it a memory of Krishna, the cool silence with which he countered disagreement, that stopped me? I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy.

Girls have to be toughened so they can survive a world that presses harder on women.