I think the call of the inward life starts here. Solitude helps you differentiate, define the borders of the self. Solitude helps you figure our where everybody else stops and you begins.

Why do we think the people on stage are the only ones having fun?

Forgiveness is the path to healing.

You plant a garden one flower at a time. ... You write a book one word at a time, clean a closet one shelf at a time, run a marathon one step at a time. If you feel defeated by some large task, get your spade and dig the first hole.

All peace-loving women shut up when they sense they have stepped onto Guy Turf. Guy Turf is a murky realm of ego and pride and chivalry and testosterone and heroism.

Dreams are matters of the heart, things that pull you along as if they have hooked you someplace deep inside.

It's much better to be apart and wish you were together than to be together and wish you were apart.