My mama used to say, 'Are you sad? Then just wait a minute.

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

I do like the world quite a lot.

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

If you do a practice and train your attention to hover in the present, then you will build the internal capacity to do that as needed - at will and voluntarily.

I gotta feel alive, even if it kills me. Promise to always give you me, the real me.

Stress is extremely harmful to the body. Even mainstream medicine is recognizing how many diseases stress causes.

only a fool would argue with a fool!

I've always had bizarre, negative feelings about anything traditional, like marriage and family. I never thought something like that worked.

I've got a lot of work to do, a lot of people to make proud.

Nobody seems to play Yamaha electrics, but it's the best guitar I own.

The healing of our relationship with place begins with the preservation of the natural environment. We cannot go to the wild for renewal if no wilderness is left.

I am really driven, but my drive doesn't effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities.