The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving.

So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly.

Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head straight off. I've read it three times, and I'm still trying to figure out how she put that magnificent thing together.

Watch for the people whose eyes light up when you talk about your dream. Those are the people you keep.

You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.

There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. 'How much do you love me?' And, 'Who's in charge?' Everything else is somehow manageable. But these two questions of love and control undo us all, trip us up and cause war, grief, and suffering.

You know the old adage: Plant an expectation, reap a disappointment.