“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.”
– Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973) U.S. author & 1st female Nobel Prize winner
“Yet, as with other addictions and compulsions, the costs are great. In this case, sex becomes a furtive enemy to be continually kept at bay, even at the price of annihilating a part of oneself.” (Sexual Anorexia, p. 1)
“Holding on to anger, resentment, and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache, and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth.”
– Joan Lunden (1950 – ) U.S. television personality
“We want to tell the simple truth, cut and dried, as quickly as possible. There is always a danger that we will exaggerate … . After all, we still want to sound good.” (The Basic Text, p. 33)
“Aristotle considers friendships to be a necessity to live. He claims that no individual would choose to live without friends even if the individual had all of the other good things in life.” (anonymous author)
“Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we think, wiser.” (12 & 12, p. 146)
“In the past, we believed desperation would give us the strength to survive. … As recovering addicts, we come to know gratitude.” (The Basic Text, p. 97)
From Thine Will Be Done – “Some time ago “moral choice” didn’t seem like an option. I was completely bankrupt, in and out of jails, 51/50, in an extremely abusive relationship, homeless, fighting myself on every subject like if I deserved any better …”
From Simon Y. – “I looked at a man selling fruit on the sidewalk on a hot day, and felt a connection with him. Can’t describe it but it was real.” (On the sharpening of one’s soul)