“I was not rescued by a prince”

“Learning how to endure your disappointment and frustration is part of the job o fa creative person...Frustration is not an interruption of your process”

“We have hands”

“The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying the only thing more impossible than stayin the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving.g was leaving.”

“But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Just for a few months of one's life, is it so awful to travel through time with no greater ambition than to find the next lovel...”

“Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.”

“Pray for others because others are selflessly praying for you as well.”

“Pray as if you are fully aware that the intricate timing and rotation of every celestial entity in the universeincluding the coming and going of innumerable, precious life formsdoes not rest in you...”

“Prayer is the main dish. Everything else is gravy.”