As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you.

Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story.

There's nothing special about your fear.

I cannot overstate the power of libraries in my life.

Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort.

I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism.

Ketut, why is life all crazy like this?" I asked my medicine man the next day...So what can we do about the craziness of the world?" Nothing." Ketut laughed, but with a dose of kindness. "This is nature of world. This is destiny. Worry about your craziness only-make you in peace.