“Sometimes, we are simply trapped in the cage of our own emotions, unable to break those bars. It hurts!”

“It's difficult to carry the weight of responsibilities. But, it's more difficult to carry the weight of expectations.”

“Achievement and fearfulness can't stay together.”

“It's easy to be with someone who is completely different from you, but difficult when that person holds starkly different opinions from you.”

“You can never learn/improve if you are too proud to accept criticism.”

“Everyone, except a writer, thinks writing is easy. Writing is tough. Being a disciplined writer is tougher.”

“We all have the same root, and are connected...To tap into this connectedness we must go within.”

“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news”

“I'd rather be on the ground than underTo feel the heavy rain and the thunder.”

“Once you start laughing, you start healing.”

“All you need to find a strong, loving man is the knowledge and understanding of the power you have as a woman.”

“No matter how rich, powerful or handsome he is, he is defenseless against your womanly power.”