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)

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)

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

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

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 past is recorded almost exclusively in the voices of elites and males, in the viewpoints of the wealthy and the powerful, in the visions of the literate and the educated.

The world is changeable, and its ability to change is so fragile that a single person can be responsible for it.

Mr Moss's courtyard is railed in like a cage, lest the gentlemen who are boarding with him should take a fancy to escape from his hospitality.

Loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game True as a dial to the sun Although it be not shined upon.

Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic.

I always think, quite frankly that pop culture is a lot more important than a lot of people realize.

By 21, I was earning six figures a week. By 23, I had a Ferrari. It was nuts.

Enlightenment is understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you're being right now.

The Russians didn't tell Hillary Clinton to ignore Wisconsin and Michigan, OK?

The basis of the spiritual path is the development in ourselves of what is truly balanced, natural, and meaningful.