I came to understand the most intriguing irony of life, that the most intimate partner of life is death. (Page 94)

Twilight ...Say, who you are !!The dusk before the nightOr the dawn before the light(Page 73)

We are generally not programmed to imagine death, to handle death, to absorb grief, at least not in the immediacy of things, definitely not when the ‘thing’ has happened to another person.

Twilight …Not just a metaphorThe metaphor of the ‘spirit’The confluence of life and deathThe celestial dance of existential and essential(Page 75)

Bereavement, despair, ache, yearning happen to all. We all bear the pain of grief. We all take them in our own ways. And we are all blessed with the grace to transcend. (Page xii)

Lament invoked love.Woe invoked wonder.Grief invoked grace.Cry invoked celebration.(Page 80)

The Source …Who are YouWhere lay your pathWhy be on your journey...The Source …Your marvel amazesYour mystique invokesYour magnificence entrances(Page 88)

ParentNothing … No One Prepares a parent to raise the childNothing … No One Can ever prepare a parent to bear the loss of child

Death It does not happen to the dead aloneThose left behind, die tooIn parts that would never heal and come back to life(Page 14)

The soul-sacred strength is calmness and confidence.

It shatters the game, exposing the players

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.

I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up - either religious or social laws - become meaningless.

There are places that are very draining. There are places where there is another dimensional crossover but to a dimension that is not powerful at all.

He leaned over and kissed me. A long, deep kiss filled with promise and passion. I loved the way he kissed me. Like he was drinking in the taste of me and still coming back thirsty.

There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray.

I'd been taking singing lessons and I had taken dance, because I loved to dance, but I had never considered myself a professional at all.

That is good which doth good.