“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.”

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”

“I live alone," he said simply. "I live in the open. I hear the waves at night and see the black patterns of the pine boughs against the sky. With sound and silence and color and solitude, of course...”

“It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to desecrate a grove and change your mind. The very holy mountains are keeping mu...”

“Despite her words about letting go, melancholy washed over her. Because words are easy and often thrown around with trite intentions.”

“For the shadows to stop growing. For people to stop being angry.”

“My intention had not been to find her, for I had been busy being lonely with someone else.”