Everyone breathes in air, but it's a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale in silence.

Fenugreek, Tuesday's spice, when the air is green like mosses after rain.

I tried to hold on to this compassion, sensing its preciousness, but even as I reached to grasp it, it dissipated into wisps. No revelation can endure unless it is bolstered by a calm pure mind- and I'm afraid I didn't possess that.

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

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

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.

Monday is the day of silence, day of the whole white mung bean, which is sacred to the moon.