"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." -Anais Nin

"...she was no longer examining life, but being examined by it; she had become a real person." -E. M. Forster, A Passage to India

"And in the end, none of these details matter--not the whodunnit, the what they did, or why. Because the details of a story, whatever that story's complexion, always add up to the same thing. All through time and every time, all a person aches for is to be allowed. 'You mean love, of course.' 'That too.'" -Jan Carr, Harem Wish

"You come from the city and think small means simple when all it really means is complicated in a smaller place. Which sometimes adds to the complication." -Carol Anshaw, Aquamarine

"Each of us is born with the potential for the unfolding of our true self. When you deviate from the truth, you are interfering with the intention of something far greater than you are--call it nature or a higher power. As a result, you develop discomfort in your body and psyche. Therefore, anxiety symptoms may be regarded as meaningful communication from a powerful force within you that wants you to be yourself." -Joyce Ashley

"I do believe that not everything is gonna be the way you think it ought to be it seems like every time I try to make it right it all comes down on me please say honestly you won't give up on me and I shall believe." -Sheryl Crow, "I Shall Believe"

"Your actions will follow you full circle round,/the higher the leap, I said,/ the harder the ground!" -Amy Ray
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Song(s) to d/l:
Could've Been - Tiffany
You're In My Heart - Rod Stewert
Happy Endings - Better Than Ezra