Your perception of the world around you is not necessarily the same as what is actually occurring.

Paradoxically, the more I learned to let go of my own wishes and desires (in this case, the desire not to be hit), the more they became possible.

Mastery, on the other hand, is being present with what is occurring, staying with it from beginning to end.

The Suitors Ball is fast approaching and it's a nasty reminder that my suitor will be chosen shortly. I feel sorry for the poor unfortunate guy, whichever one of them it happens to be.

For the first time I realized I could be more than a crawling little pile of bones and flesh in a onesie.

Anything that stimulates the public's imagination about the nobility and the importance of space exploration is something that I'm very excited to be a part of.

Tranquillity is contagious, peace is contagious. One only thinks of the contagiousness of illness, but there is the contagion of serenity and joy.

I dont really write with the idea of trying to teach any lessons. I want to tell a story as truthfully and engagingly as I can, and then let the chips fall where they may.

Writers tend to suffer from back problems because they spend their time bent over a desk.

The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit.

Aha," Andrea said. "I'm going to ignore that you just referred to yourself as 'sugar woogums'.

I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through.

I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.