Transformations require that we let go of familiar ways of doing things, without yet knowing what we will do next.

That is one of the reasons why a man should pick a path with heart, so that he can find his laughter.

It has been a long time since I believed in Reality. I prefer the loveliness and the terror of my subjective experiences to those coldly scientific explanations which in the long run turn out to be no more real, and far less fun, than my own fantasies and musings.

You can't make anyone love you. You just have to reveal who you are and take your chances. (105)

It is not possible to know how much is just enough, until we have experienced how much is more than enough. (64)

One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.

The continuing struggle was once described in the following metaphor by a patient who had successfully completed a long course of psychotherapy: 'I came to therapy hoping to receive butter for the bread of life. Instead, at the end, I emerged with a pail of sour milk, a churn, and instructions on how to use them.' (138)