- · “Isn’t that what love is –losing your
mind? You don’t care what people think. You don’t see your beloved’s faults,
the slight stinginess, the bit of carelessness, the occasional streak of meanness.
You don’t mind that he is beneath you socially, educationally, financially, and
morally –that’s the worst, I think,
deficient morals.”
- · “I ask you this: What’s the chance of
finding a lasting a marriage? Twenty percent? Ten? Did I know any woman who
escaped having her heart crushed like a recyclable can? Not a one. From what I
have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain
of consequences. You don’t have to be stupid to marry the wrong man.”
- · “But then I discovered art. I saw for the
first time nature and pure feelings expressed in a form I could understand. A painting
was a translation of the language of my heart. My emotions were all there –but in
a painting, a sculpture. I went to museum after museum, into the labyrinths of
rooms and that of my own soul. And there they were –my feelings, and all of
them natural, spontaneous, truthful, and free. My heart cavorted within shapes
and shadows and splashes, in patterns, repetitions, and abruptly ending lines. My
soul shivered in tiny feathered strokes, one eyelash at a time.”
- · “No matter what the religious belief in a
country, a certain degree of acquisitiveness is always there.”
- · “While it is good to speak well, it is
better to speak the truth.”
- · “In magical lands, magic can happen. But only
if we believe. And if we believe, the impossible can happen. What we wish to
have will manifest. What we wish to hide turns invisible.”
- · “Things are not always what they seem. And
what you choose is not always what you get. Others may choose for you.”
- · “Bathing is a beautiful necessity, a
moment of peace, a cleansing of body and spirit.”
- · “Life was merely an illusion you must
release.”
- · “Death was not a loss of life, but the
culmination of a series of releases.”
- · “ … within beauty, there is tragedy.”
- · “The only thing certain in times of great
uncertainty is that people will behave with great strength or weakness, and
with very little else in between.”
- · “In moments of great danger, many people
show their deficiencies.”
- · “Through trial with death, you discover
your power. Through trial, you shed your mortal flesh, layer after layer, until
you become who you are supposed to be. If you die you were mortal all along. But
if you survive, you are a god. So, don’t go speaking your doubts so loudly. This
god might waken and arise, and if he hears you fickle and fomenting talk he’ll
put you in a place with no pretty maidens, just barren rice fields.”
- · “A good government had to guide its
people, sometimes gently, sometimes strictly, just as parents did. It could
allow certain freedoms, but in a style
that suited the country. Only the leaders know what that style should be.”
