“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.”

“Haste is from the Devil.”

“Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.”

“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine.”

“You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.”

“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.”

“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.”

“It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.It's not a weakness.It's your best strength.”

“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”

“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”

“...and when I lift my head to scream out my fury, a million stars turn black and die. No one can see them, but they are my tears.”

“The bastard. How dare he? I was drowning in a fucking river that he was still attempting to save me from, and he was telling me he was going to push me back in and hold me under. My father's death ...”

“They tell me, shaking their heads:"You should be kinder. You are somehow furious".I used to be kind. It didnt last long.”