“I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”
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“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”
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“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”
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“I never change, I simply become more myself.”
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“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?”
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“One love, one heart, one destiny.”
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“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”
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“I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”
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“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
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“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
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“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
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“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
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“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”
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“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”
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“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
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“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
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“What you seek is seeking you.”
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“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”