The moon's a powerful mistress. She can reach through any wall or covering and work her wicked charms.

You do not have to be alone. The world never inflicts loneliness upon us. That is something we choose or reject by ourselves.

Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.

It is good to be taught humility when we are young. If we do not exeperience pain as children, we will cause pain as adults.

I know that no matter how lonely I get, I'll never be truly alone again. Our loved ones don't leave us. They just move out of sight for a while, and wait...in the shades.

Better not to start down a wrong path at all than head down it in the hope of making a detour when something better came along.

If he turned his back on humanity now, it would be forever.

The demons were scary, but girls - Well, girls are really terrifying

I'm starting to understand that fear is like cancer - you can beat it back, but if it returns, it can be worse than ever.

But you're like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We're both weird, which is why we get along.

Destiny is a tower of cards - nudge one just an inch and everything stacked on top comes crashing down. P116

To imagine is to spark beauty in our thoughts.

I am a descendent of a whole bunch of Black folk who couldn't be broken.

Last night, lost in spaces between star—bays and lakes of clouds, I tossed and turned looking for you

The weaker the man in authority... the stronger his insistence that all his privileges be acknowledged.

Your nafs (soul/desires) is your first battlefield. If you are victorious over it, then you will find the other battlefields easier.

In my life, I have almost always been on the side of active foreign policy. But you need to know with whom you are cooperating. You need reliable partners.

I would have to say loneliness is next to uncleanliness.

It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.

Unless and until your Sahasrara is open, all the blessings of the Divine Power cannot come to you.

You change people by delight, by pleasure.