People are terrified. A lot of them are in relationships that aren't satisfying, and if you tell them they can change their life, they get really scared.

Pleasure is terrifying because it breaks down the boundaries between people. Embracing passion means living with fear.

The Passion that one Soul hath for God cannot be judged by another.

All authors know that any book is a casting of runes, a reading of cards, a map of the palm and heart. We make up the ocean - then fall in. But we also write the life raft.

Surviving means being born over and over.

Good sex is a mystery. Perhaps humping and pumping is not a mystery, but good sex is a mystery, and how human beings become truly intimate remains a mystery.

At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.