mistakes are a part of life, and Papa works her purpose in them too.

Nothing in life is ritual.

If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.

You are free to love without an agenda

It is not the nature of love to force a relationship, but it is the nature of love to open the way.

If you and I are friends, there is an expectancy that exists within our relationship. When we see each other or are apart, there is an expectancy of being together, of laughing and talking. The expectancy has no concrete definition; it is alive and dynamic and everything that emerges from our being together is a unique gift shared by no one else.

You do understand," she continued, "that unless I had an object to love -- or, more accurately, a someone to love -- if I did not have such a relationship within myself, then I would not be capable of love at all? You would have a god who could not love. Or maybe worse, you would have a god who, when he chose, could love only as a limitation of his nature.