An old person knows what it’s like to be young, but a young person doesn’t know what it’s like to be old. There’s no substitute for life experience.

Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.

The only thing on Earth you can count on is that there is nothing on Earth you can count on.

You’ve climbed too many mountains and crossed too many rivers to stop and turn back now.

Always count your blessings, even if you have to count them through your tears

Walk gently, and be brave.

You thought it would break you in two, but it made you twice as strong.

Your ancestors are rooting for you.

Life is short. Jingle your bells.

Like all living things, you were created for unlimited growth and possibilities. Keep growing. Keep changing. Be everything you were meant to be.

Don’t set your sights low, just because someone else has a limited view of life’s possibilities. One person's comfort zone may be another person's cage.

The heart is a foreign country whose language none of us is good at.

A named thing is a tamed thing.

Feelings are murky, contrived and confusing. And the worst thing about them is no matter how hard you try, you can never sort them. They tangle more and more with thinking.

We treat our dogs as if they were "almost human": that is why they really become "almost human" in the end.

The greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out.

I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time.

She closes the door completely, and I crouch there. I allow myself to fall forward and rest my head on the door frame. My breath bleeds. My heartbeat drowns my ears.

The spectator, the contemplator, the opposer of war have their hours with the enemy no less than uniformed combatants

Inside any deep asking is the answering.

You cannot meet today's crisis tomorrow.