“When my father is stern, no one chastises him. I dont think its fair that when I act similarly, Im seen as cruel. Im making a huge decision, and Im trying to be wise about it.”

“You can be brave and still be feminine. You can lead and still love flowers.”

“I'm happy, Ahren. I'm a princess. I have everything.""I think you're mistaking comfort for joy.”

“When we met, you couldn't stop staring at my breasts."His face went pale, as if he seriously thought he was so subtle no one would notice. "Make sure you get an equally satisfactory look a my backs...”

“How can the truth make anything worse?”

“When you know who matters most to you, giving things up, even yourself, doesnt really feel like a sacrifice.”

“When my father is stern, no one chastises him. I dont think its fair that when I act similarly, Im seen as cruel. Im making a huge decision, and Im trying to be wise about it.”

“It was a delicious feeling, falling in love. I'd had so many luxuries in my life, and I thought I'd had a taste of this before, but I realized now it was merely a cheap imitation of something not m...”

“Two of them have asked in the most circumspect and quiet ways possible if there was a chance that you prefer women.”I let out a sound that wasn’t quite a laugh. “Of course, because the only way I c...”

“The symbol of Goddess gives us permission. She teaches us to embrace the holiness of every natural, ordinary, sensual dying moment. Patriarchy may try to negate body and flee earth with its constan...”

“... the effort to discover an authentic self, to strip away layers of alienation and culturally imposed identity and find a soul in a clear, unimpeded communion with the sacred is consonant with sp...”

“I'm a queen with or without a king. Chasing anything is beneath me. Until you're ready to put away childish things and be my man, my king, someone I can trust to shepard my soul to the Almighty I h...”