“You have too many gurus in this country. They have told you what to do, what to think, what to practice. They are the dictators.”

“Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot.”

“Fear of what other people think should never dictate whether or not you do something.”

“Do you realize you could have been killed? (Hunter)No, that was just a practice run. I’m thinking about trying it again because it was so. Much. Fun! What the hell do you think? (Abbie)”

“You have come to realize that you must leave it (the old country) and enter the new country, where your Beloved dwells. You know that what helped and guided you in the old country no longer works, but what else do you have to go by? You are being asked to trust that you will find what you need in the new country. That requires the death of what has become so precious to you: influence, success, yes, even affection and praise.”

“But I think you have a right to know what it is you’re not being told.”