Looking back, I could not point to one special time and say, There! That's what is amazing. We can change completely and not recognize it. We think terrible events have made us into stone. But love slips in like a chisel - and suddenly it is an ax, breaking us into pieces from the inside.

In life, it's best not to take anything for free - unless it's from someone who wishes you well.

There was an unexpected freedom in finding out that one wasn't as important as one had always assumed!

Buddha's Wife tells a fascinating story, little known in the west, about the woman whom Buddha left behind. Gabriel Constans focuses the reader's attention on the strong and complicated women who surrounded Buddha and makes us re-think the nature of spiritual life.

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

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.