“Even friends need private spaces, if only within the depths of their own souls, where no one else is allowed to intrude.”

“The concept of 'home' is not just where one resides, but where the heart resides; in the purest depths of the soul.♥”

“...a private hell was something you lived with alone, even when someone else's casual questions nudged old, raw wounds within yourself.”

“...to whom else should one pay honor, but to Him, Atman, the Only One? And where was Atman to be found, where did He dwell, where did His eternal heart beat, if not within the Self, in the innermost, in the eternal which each person carried within him.”

“Travel does this: it creates space that allows thoughts and memories to intrude and assert themselves with impunity. Smells and sights, the quality of light, the honk of a horn -- can all act as touchstones when least expected.”

“The awakening passed from simple recognition of my need for God at the center of my life, to a depth where the will is stirred And that is a deeper place by far. That is the place of response, of unifying one's heart, mind, soul and feet around a decision.”