“Wise acceptance does not mean we like the situation; it means we have stopped denying it, have stopped being victims of it, have stopped blaming others for it, and are now prepared to improve it.”
“I was not innocent, and I had tired of the pretence of being so, though it had amused me for a time.”
Source: The Erotic Notebooks
“She must have known what she planned to do, the risk she was going to take. 'Where did that calm come from?' I had wondered at the time. Now I knew. It was a resolve to execute the plan without attachment to the result. It was valuing guts more than the win”
Source: Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
“Love yourself loudly, dangerously, everywhere people have been afraid to love you, afraid to ask the way to cherish you, afraid to hold you. Love yourself most in these places, because who can be a better teacher to others in how to love you than you yourself.”
Source: Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty
“At the core, making space for creativity traces back to permission, to the idea that feeding our souls is not a waste. Creativity is not a waste of time, or money, or resources. It’s not a waste of space in our schedules, our minds, our homes. If you view creativity as a selfish act, you will always struggle to justify making time for it. If you believe pursuing creativity is self-serving, it’s going to be the first thing you cut from your life in busy seasons.”
Source: Create Anyway: The Joy of Pursuing Creativity in the Margins of Motherhood
“Determination drove him to melt her heart; or failing that, shatter it into a million icicles. Either way, she would be his.”
Source: Winter's Mother 1
“Neve felt like a fly caught in a spider’s web. Believing herself to be clever and playing them at their own game, she had flown right into their trap.”
Source: Winter's Mother 1
“Nothing short of a global army could stop them. Even if the Arch Mage can mobilise all the Council’s forces, we don’t stand a chance. Not without an alliance.”
Source: Winter's Mother 1
“Holding yourself accountable empowers you. It reminds you that you have agency and choice over the decisions you make.”
“Prayer and fasting are what every Christian needs because prayer empowers you, while fasting humbles you to be a better child of God.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man