“You are consciousness dressed in form, my love. Consciousness is divine. Matter is divine. Creation is divine. Everything is divine. Are you somehow the only exception?”

“Have you ever felt your destiny unfolding, beloved? Have you experienced the intensity of the hunt, the fixation of attention that only fate can explain? Have you ever told yourself your feelings w...”

“Diana frowns. Youre taking me home, right? You just said you would. Hoink hoink! Of course, piglet. But I meant your real home. Which, last I checked, says Diana acidly, is in Los Angeles, Californ...”

“Just like any civilized person, youve spent practically your whole life torturing an innocent wild creature. Starved it, then force-fed it, cut it, cursed it, driven it to exhaustion. Imprisoned it...”

“The mirror image of suffering is the truth. Try it. Change the story. Change the course of your entire history. Right now. You want me to lie about my past? Diana wipes tears from her face with the...”

“All for all, always.”

“They will hate you if you are beautiful. They will hate you if you are successful. They will hate you if you are right. They will hate you if you are popular. They will hate you when you get attent...”

“But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave another scar. No one will see it. No one will know. But it will be there. And eventually all of th...”

“Cinderella was such a dork. She left behind her glass slipper at the ball and then went right back to her step-monster's house. It seems to me she should have worn the glass slipper always, to make...”

“If my phrases shock the reader, that only shows it is high time he or she was shocked.”

“To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others.”

“Many a time, we let go of some really good ideas just because we feel they are too controversial.”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”