“yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful thingsand your tongue were not concocting some evil to sayshame would not hold down your eyesbut rather you would speak about what is just”

“their heart grew coldthey let their wings down”

“In fact she herself once blamed meKyprogeneiabecause I prayed this word:I want.”

“Eros, again now, the loosener of limbs troubles me,Bittersweet, sly, uncontrollable creature.”

“]Sardisoften turning her thoughts here]you like a goddessand in your song most of all she rejoiced.But now she is conspicuous among Lydian womenas sometimes at sunsetthe rosyfingered moonsurpasses ...”

“]sing to usthe one with violets in her lap]mostly]goes astray”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

“When you told me, You are my star, my heart danced with joy because that was the best sentence that I have ever heard.”

“Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.”

“Always take a compliment, Caroline. Always take it for the way it was intended. You girls are always so quick to twist what others say. Simply say thank you and move on.”