Nothing in the universe is impermeable to the flow of love.

The term compassion means shared suffering. You develop compassion by knowing what it is like to suffer.

She batted thoseeyelashes at me so hard I thought I felt a breeze.

The journal is written to everyone and thus to no one.

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her . . . but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

When the mind loses its density, you become translucent, like the flower. Spirit - the formless - shines through you into the world.

In the modern world, all literary art is necessarily political -- especially that which pretends not to be.

Marriage is not a game for the young.

I sat for a moment, figuring things out, then decided to stay there. If I was on the floor, I couldn't fall down.

Satyagraha is itself an unmistakable mute prayer of an agonized soul.

Shut up. What did you ask me, anyway?” – Sundown “Really? Good thing I didn’t tell you to duck a bomb.” – Sasha