“wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.”

“To have so little, and it of so little value, was to be quaintly free.”

“I have always said that the way to deal with the pain of others is by sympathy, which is suffering with, and that the way to deal with ones own pain is to put one foot after the other. Yet I was ne...”

“Marians eyes absolutely blaze. To meet them is to have a shock of contact as if they were electrically charged. Now you see? You wondered what was in whales milk. Dont you know now? The same thing ...”

“Isnt it complicated to be human, though? she said. Animals seem to give up their lives so naturallyAnd after all, I grew up, I married John, I had Debby. So knowing, being able to understand and fo...”

“Walk openly, Marian used to say. Love even the threat and the pain, feel yourself fully alive, cast a bold shadow, accept, accept. What we call evil is only a groping towards good, part of the tria...”

“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.”

“All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to admire that cannot be twisted to villainy or good, but which simply is.”

“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tem...”

“You never require a teacher to lead you into the wrong path, but you do require a kindly word to conduct you aright.”

“To be of value to humanity, start by thinking for yourself.”

“Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.”

“The General belonged to the learned type of military men who believed that liberal and humane views can be reconciled with their profession. But being by nature a kind and intelligent man, he soon ...”