“Artemis is freedom—wild, untrammelled, aloof from all entanglements. She is a huntress, a dancer, the goddess of nature and wildness, a virgin physically and, even more important, a virgin psychologically, inviolable, belonging to no one, defined by no relationship, confined by no bond.”

“My mother was a continual source of wisdom and great advice...she taught me that there is always a way around a problem-you've just got to find it. Keep trying doors; one will eventually open. She also taught me to accept failure as part and parcel of life. It's not the opposite of success; it's an integral part of success.I talk a lot about learning to become fearless in your approach to life. But fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's all about getting up one more time than you fall down.”

“Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.”

“Into your darkest corner, you are safe in my love, you are protected. I am the openess you seek, I am your doorway. Come sit in the circular temple of my heart, & let yourself be calm.”

“Why worry about minor little details like clean air, clean water, safe ports and the safety net when Jesus is going to give the world an "Extreme Makeover: Planet Edition" right after he finishes putting Satan in his place once and for all?”

“TearsI struggle with myself to keep them insideThe feelings that I have tried to deny.I tell everyone that I am okayWhen I battle to make it through each day.In my world of illusions where everything was rightI cried myself to sleep each night.You notice the tears filling my eyesAs I begin to shed my shallow disguise.My pain, confusion and a few of my fearsDrop to the ground in the form of my tears.It feels so good to release the emotions built upTo say what I feel instead of bottling them up.As I cry a weight seems to lift from meI feel so much better now that you can see.And now that you know what it is that I feelWill you fight the battle with me andhelp my wounds heal?”

“We are not on this earth to accumulate victories, things, and experiences, but to be whittled and sandpapered until what’s left is who we truly are.”