“Much of your strength as a woman can come from the resolve to replenish and fill your own well and essence first, before taking care of others.”

“Release the story and the truth will be revealed. Release the past and the present will reveal itself. Embrace the future and walk through your fears. Dig out the weeds and the flowers will blossom...”

“As a human being, we are on a continuous journey of self-discovery and experience.”

“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.”

“You have to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandmother was.”

“By gazing inward the true reflection of the self is revealed.”

“The unceasing flow of thought in all its various forms is an inescapable and defining aspect of the human condition.”

“You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.”

“The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.”

“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.”

“The decision is mine, and I choose happiness”

“...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead us straight to them.”

“Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.”

“I have periods now, like normal girls; I too am among the knowing, I too can sit out volleyball games and go to the nurse's for aspirin and waddle along the halls with a pad like a flattened rabbit...”

“In terms of language, there were no separate words for female genitalia for thousands of years. That was mostly because women were considered pretty much the same as men, only of course flimsier, m...”