Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?

Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?

My goal in life is to change the entire social and economic structure of western civilization, to make it a feminist world.

There was no justice, there was only life. And life she had.

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.

Habit is a good thing for the human race. ... You have to spend so much energy just getting through the day when you have no habits that you don't have any left for productive labor.

I'd discovered you never know yourself until you're tested and that you don't even know you're being tested until afterwards, and that in fact there isn't anyone giving the test except yourself.