Don't be afraid of your dark places. ... If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there.

When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.

What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.

sometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had read the book, and track them down to talk about it

Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to get things done, and this was a source of both amazement and concern for Mom, who considered my behavior unladylike but also counted on me. "I never knew a girl to have such gumption," she'd say. "But I'm not too sure it's a good thing.

Horses are a mirror of who you are. They're emotionally dependent on you.