Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now

Standing there, I loved myself and I hated myself. That's what the black Mary did to me, made me feel my glory and my shame at the same time.

Something deep in all of us yearns for God's beauty, and we can find it no matter where we are.

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

I know you've run away - everybody gets the urge to do that some time - but sooner or later you'll want to go home.

The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.

I wondered what it was like to be inside her, just a curl of flesh swimming in the darkness, the quiet things that had passed between us.