“The consequences of our foolish decisions are always made clearer when we look backward on the path we've traveled.”

“Your true self must shine through to attract the person who mirrors the highest vision of you.”

“When I suddenly see myself in the depths of the mirror, I take fright. I can scarcely believe that I have limits, that I am outlined and defined. I feel myself to be dispersed in the atmosphere, thinking inside other creatures, living inside things beyond myself. When I suddenly see myself in the mirror, I am not startled because I find myself ugly or beautiful. I discover, in fact, that I possess another quality. When I haven't looked at myself for some time, I almost forget that I am human, I tend to forget my past, and I find myself with the same deliverance from purpose and conscience as something that is barely alive. I am also surprised to find as I gaze into the pale mirror with open eyes that there is so much in me beyond what is known, so much that remains ever silent.”

“Hoard food and it rots. Hoard money and you rot. Hoard power and the nation rots.”

“Each night, I close my eyes and dream. In the morning, I open my eyes again, but the dreaming doesn't stop.”

“She had a smile that could put a froth on a cup of coffee, and she knew it.”

“Disbelief is the root of the impossible.”

“It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.”