Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in that moment in time.

Our earlier lives aren't wrong, they are just pre-construction. Our lives are meant to unfold, to evolve, and that's good. The only wrong thing, perhaps, is permanently hesitating on the verge of courage, which would prevent this process from taking place.

Nobody should go through life without falling in love.

How could I choose someone who would force me to give up my own small reach for meaning? I chose myself, and without consolation.

You can go other places, all right - you can live on the other side of the world, but you can't ever leave home

... in the end, Goddess is just a word. It simply means the divine in female form.

My ultimate authority is the divine voice in my own soul. Period.