We decided that sooner or later you had to learn to live without almost everybody, at least for a while. Even people you didn't think you could live without." p 167 love always found itself again.

Anger is a warning signal. It points to problems.

You don't blast a heart open," she said. "You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose.

Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.

Embrace and love all of yourself - past, present, and future. Forgive yourself quickly and as often as necessary. Encourage yourself. Tell yourself good things about yourself.

I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what’s happening now instead of what’s going to happen tomorrow.

I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again.