I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy. I would use my strength instead to nurture my belief that my life would unfurl uniquely.

Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you are lucky, it strikes you right. If not, you'll spend your life yearning for a man you can't have.

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

...don't create snakes out of ropes. You have enough to worry about.

A dream is a telegram from the hidden world...Only a fool or an illiterate person ignores it.

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

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.