“Hopeful people are more easily controlled, but the volume must be managed. Too much hope leaves a person emboldened and resistant. Too little leaves them disabled and useless. But just the right am...”

“You get to take what this world gives you.”

“At last, the clock settled in the right place.”

“They waited and watched, while the clocks seemed to resist time.”

“Within her simple, terrified mind, swift calculations of distance and speed were at work, and her face advertised the disappointing results.”

“The door closed and darkness claimed the room.”

“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.”

“Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.”

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”

“Stay motivated.”

“To have hope is to be happy.”

“With prayer, we can endure the pain.”

“Life ahead is full of endless opportunities.”