We knew that Cecilia had killed herself because she was a misfit, because the beyond called to her, and we knew that her sisters, once abandoned, felt her calling from that place, too.

When you stood between somebody you loved and death, it was hard to be awake and it was hard to sleep.

We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much about. I didn't know that it would make someone dress extravagantly or start to pun, and to stay up and drink.

Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.

This can't be true but I remember it.

Don't waste your time on life.

The time has to be right and the heart willing.