True understanding involves sincere honesty and holistic, deep listening without the political corruption of evil power players. ~ Angelica Hopes, an excerpt from my book K.H. trilogy

Cyber trolls' deceptive manipulative, political power play, duplicity and devious hypocrisy cannot equate to true friendship.~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy

Pure honesty" is dead in a jungle of eternal, bloody impunity, rampant corruption and dirty politics. ~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy

Move away from Machiavellian hearts. Manipulative people can frame you up even if you have a humble, simple and generous heart. Question their motive. ~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy

Rejection is one of the worse forms of pain. Loss is the worst. Grief haunts until you allow yourself to move on.

Beauty runs skin deep not on superficial assumptions or criticisms of many people. Live with a beautiful mind and heart. Live with a beautiful soul.

Use our memories as an asset not as a liability. Don't let it be our inner curse but share them as a rare gift.

Embrace courageously the challenging beauty of life.

A heart has its multiple facets of daily music. Respect a genuine good heart.

Size doesn't define your beauty and intelligence. Appearance doesn't measure the goodness of your heart and the hidden joy of your soul.

True sense of humour and true, deep happiness never depend on the after effects of destructive vices

But, if I dare say it, it wasn't until I had helped kill a man that I realized how elusive and complex an act a murder can actually be, and not necessarily attributable to one dramatic motive.

Humans are odd. They think order and chaos are somehow opposites and try to control what won't be. But there is grace in their failings.

All mothers have intuition. The great ones have radar.

There was another guy suggested. He was a tall and dark-haired and Jewy, and I said, "No, he's too close to me." It ended up being Jerry Seinfeld.

Nobody got murdered before lunch. But nobody. People weren't up to it. You needed a good lunch to get both the blood-sugar and blood-lust levels up.

Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?

Controlling the master narrative of Israel means vigilantly controlling the narrative about Palestine.

Gabe?" The newchild stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. "There could be love", Jonas whispered.

I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go?

Whatever you are is all okay. I don't like you anyway.