“There is a difference between working hard to create a life that truly serves you and working hard to create a life that youve been told you should want.”

“The history of your happiness is the history of your feeling connected.”

“Life is not a sport. Life is not math. There is no final end goal and there is no right answer. Just because your truth does not match someone else's truth does not make either of you wrong. Life i...”

“Fear echoes your self-defined limitations, not your actual ones. To change your self-image, you must face what scares you.”

“Yes, its okay to be afraid. Its okay to hesitate before plunging from your comfort zone.Its okay to have scars, pimples, insecurities, moles, cellulite, tremors, debts, redness, regrets, loneliness...”

“Temporary, but excruciating, pain is the price of healing.”

“Anna thought about the men outside on the gallery. She was glad they were there; finding them smoking and talking quietly had been comforting, it was what men did in the evenings when the work was ...”

“Her arms groped forward to guide her when her tears blocked her vision in darkness. Then she couldn't run any more. She sank to her knees and began to cry in her terror. She wanted Gary.She suddenl...”

“Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urnThrows up a steamy column and the cupsThat cheer but not inebr...”

“Do Not Lie to Yourself We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.”

“We must keep our heart open in the very moment our instinct tells us to shut it down. When we transcend this critical point, we are finally and truly able to deepen our love and strengthen our bond.”

“Risk: no full life occurs without it.”

“She could not think what it would be to teach school twelve miles away from home, along among strangers. The less she thought of it the better, for she must go, and she must meet whatever happened ...”