I was tired of chasing ghosts, hollow men who were outside my comfort zone, men who had nothing to give me except a rush. It was all I asked for, and all I ever got.

I'm the only one who can stop me.. I'm the one who's been sitting at the stoplight all these years, waiting for the light to turn green.

Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

People like to run their mouths.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

Life is nether food nor drink. But the faith of a dance dream.

The greatest divinities of the soul are life, love and light.

You don't die when your body stops functioning. You die when your name is uttered for the last time in the world.

You said you were allowed to lose it, ' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet.

In Unity we can be enslaved, and in Unity we can also come together as individuals." Old Woman

There's no such thing as an anti-war film.

We are far more than our bodies and personalities. The inner spirit is always beautiful and lovable, no matter how our outer appearances may change.

Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.

For there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb.