Comparing is impoverishing your own experience

Whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant

The Warrior is terrified when making important decisions.

Tears are words waiting to be spoken

Absolute freedom does not exist; what does exist is the freedom to choose anything you like and then commit yourself to that decision.

When everything seems to be going well and your dream is almost within your gasp, that is when you must be more alert than ever.

As she had been walking from the ward to that room, she had felt such pure hatred that now she had no more rancor left in her heart. She had finally allowed her negative feelings to surface, feelings that had been repressed for years in her soul. She had actually FELT them, and they were no longer necessary, they could leave.