It occurred to me that the quiet in the suburbs had nothing to do with peace.

Even now, he is every blue blazer getting into cab, every runner along the river, every motorcycle coming and going.

Archie asked me if I knew Dante's definition of hell..."Proximity without intimacy, " he said.

It isn't you, ' he says, as though you're to be comforted by the irrelevant role you play in your own life.

Finally, I asked how you got a boy to like you back. She said, 'Just be yourself, ' as though I had any idea who that might be.

Defeat none but one

We must kill the guard before we can enter the palace.

Why do you work so hard to make yourself disliked? I should think you'd find it happens enough on its own without putting yourself to any extra trouble.

May I tell you why it seems to me a good thing for us to remember wrong that has been done us? That we may forgive it.

Long-distance relationships are another way of avoiding intimacy.

We are all geniuses when we dream.

We love the quality in a person, who can see themselves clearly and isn't ashamed of who they are.

A casual attitude toward human hurt and pain is the surest sign of educational failure.

In a way then, the Divine Principle, this new revelation, is the documentary of my life. It is my own life experience. The Divine Principle is in me, and I am in the Divine Principle.

Experience trumps brilliance.