“There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sp...”

“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated me - the humiliation of it - as a soprano.These, by contrast, are...”

“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”

“You can never have too many books or too many hugs.”

“There's something I want to say in this space, but it's an emptiness where there's usually a hug. Colin Morton to Mary Lee Bragg, 1972”

“If kissing was a language I was sure wed know it well. If it could measure the amount of love you felt for someone, our love was infinite after all. Even when we hugged I felt a special connection ...”