You learned to run from what you feel, and that's why you have nightmares. To deny is to invite madness. To accept is to control.

People forget that old women were young once, but d'you think we old women forget? In my heart, I'm still thirty.

The material world is simply an expression of the mind; that's what so many fail to see. We're so dependent on what is before us that we discount our intuition. Yet if one dismisses instinct, how can one understand or believe in a world that exists beyond one's sight?

There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting themselves directly in harm's way to save others. Too many of them paid a terrible, unimaginable price for their heroism. And like so many women in wartime, they were largely forgotten after the war's end.There were no parades for them, very few medals, and almost no mention in the history books.

[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole world about Roland left to know. I've got questions. He'd have answers. So pour him a glass of wine.

Sometimes a story grabs hold of you and won't let go.

I absolute adore epic journeys that require a protagonist to fight for every victory in the hopes of finding triumph.