... in the end, Goddess is just a word. It simply means the divine in female form.

Gazing into the mirror, I saw myself as I was-a black silhouette in the room, a woman whose darkness had completely leaked through.

All my life I've thought I needed someone to complete me, now I know I need to belong to myself.

Sunset is the saddest light there is.

When you can't go forward, and you can't go backward, and you can't stay where you are without killing off something deep and vital in yourself, you are on the edge of creation.

I found that I could not climb my way up to God in a blaze of doing and performing. Rather, I had to descend into the depths of myself and find God there in the darkness of troubled waters.

If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.

I have noticed that if you look carefully at people's eyes the first five seconds they look at you, the truth of their feelings will shine through for just an instant before it flickers away.

It's something everybody wants-for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it matters.

It takes a bee 10,000,000 trips to collect enough nectar to make 1 pound of honey.

Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.

One sip of this will bathe the drooping spirits in delight, beyond the bliss of dreams.

I've played a lot of parts. But I don't look at my feeling is that this is a job. It's given me a good living.

If people want some guidance, I say, just look at what people really do. Don't listen to them that much.

Actually everyting is right, even the errors.

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.

As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.

A proven leader always has a proven track record.

You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.