“For so long, she had remained the sleeping volcano, her passion and pain and anger roiling quietly as lava within. Shed buried her love deep within her core; with heat and pressure she made diamond...”

“I speak of the human heart, not a logic puzzle." -Diego de Gama”

“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.”