“As you breathe in, cherish yourself.As you breathe out, cherish all Beings.”

“For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal.”

“Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.”

“It is hard to remember that you are a cherished spiritual being when you're burping up apple fritters and Cheetos.”

“...a habit that had become one of those necessary things for the night... surely a body-friendly if not familiar-lying next to you. Someone whose touch is a reassurance, not an affront or a nuissance. Whose heavy breathing neither enrages nor discusts you, but amuses you like that of a cherished pet.”

“There is still a piece of my heart that belongs to you. I have cherished it all these centuries.”