A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading.
A writer has to true to him or herself. Period. That’s it!
One hand, five homes. A lifetime in a fist.
War will bring the revolution; revolution will stop the war.
She has the gift of accepting her life.
With children the clock is reset. We forget what came before
Do what I will never do.
You remind me of everything that followed.
The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.
Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying 'Listen to me'.
Writing is one of the most assertive things a person can do.
A bicultural upbringing is a rich but imperfect thing
That's what books are for... to travel without moving an inch.
Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.
In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what they think you are or what they think you should be.
I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom.
It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes,
deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what.