“Even the models we see in magazines wish they could look like their own images.”

“Healthy emotions come in all sizes. Healthy minds come in all sizes. And healthy bodies come in all sizes.”

“I have five flashlights and each performs its own trick. I have a raincoat with zippers and net material so I never get too hot in a downpour. I have a shelf crammed with books and a shortwave that speaks Arabic, Japanese, Dutch and Russian. They have mud huts with maybe a few chairs and faded pages of old magazines fastened to the wall. I ride my twenty-one speed Peace Corps-issue bike to Ferke not to save a dollar on transport but for the luxury of exercise. They ride in from their settlements on cranky old mopeds or bikes with a single cog because it's the only option. And they give me charity. I just stare at it - near tears. To refuse their offer would be pure insult. So I do the rounds again shaking hands with all the men in boubous saying over and over "An y che " Thank you.”

“Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.”

“Getting where you want to be has everything to do with awareness, and nothing to do with willpower.”

“live one day at a time. Let yesterday go and leave tomorrow until it arrives”

“It doesn't matter what did or did not happen then. It only matters what happens NOW.”