Being a mother brings us face-to-face with ourselves as children, with our mothers as human beings, with our darkest fears of who we really are.

I grew up with a front-row seat to what a happy, healthy marriage looks like. Never perfect, constantly evolving, always united.

It is time to stop standing at the edges of rooms. Hugging the walls. Living in my head. Wishing I had something to say.

No, but as a vampire, I'm able to detect subtle shifts in emotional energy.

Everyone become a creation of their environment.

I was the angriest daughter on earth, and also, one of the most devoted.

Live by your experience and do not let limited beliefs alter your life experience.

What began the change was the very writing itself. Let no one lightly set about such a work. Memory, once waked, will play the tyrant.

Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort.

Once you think bigger than yourself then the cause becomes the issue if you think on a higher plain you can come together to work on our problems.

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.

It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring

Then happy I that love and am beloved, where I may not remove nor be removed.