“Vigilance of the wisest kind is to incessantly remain open to the reality that what I ‘see’ is but a single thread and solitary shard of what ‘is’, for to assume otherwise is to surrender the wisdom of vigilance to the decay of ignorance.”

“Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love.”

“Anyone who says women are weak is afraid they’re too strong.”

“Anger is extraordinarily easy. It’s our default setting. Love is very difficult. Love is a miracle.”

“That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! Not for me.”

“It often seems to me that's all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again." "Yes, it is very true, that. And it is just what some people will not do. They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.”

“We are trying to divide the cake, which is not even baked.”

“Later, I would understand more fully how deep and enduring the love of a mother for her child can be, but at that time, I just knew she felt something coming, something dangerous.”