“I'm starting to think this world is just a place for us to learn that we need each other more than we want to admit.”

“People need to believe in more than what they see in everyday life. Somewhere inside, we all know that there is more out there than we experience normally. A belief in the other world can help explain why things happen to us. It can give us hope. I feel that we all hope we never get to be too old to fly to Never-Never Land or go through a wardrobe into Narnia. We want to think that there is something looking back at us when we look at the stars. We want to think that just around the bend in the forest, we'll find fairies dancing in a ring. I hope that my work affirms those beliefs," she continues. "I want people to think of my work as a key to that other world.”

“When we place more value on what other people think of us than on what we think of ourselves, it’s a formula for misery.”

“We need to boost each other to get to the top. It is much more effective than stepping on each other.”

“Be compassionate ... and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be a better place.”

“Travel does not exist without home. They are inseparably married. If we never return to the place we started, we would just be wandering, lost. Home is a reflecting surface, a place to measure our growth and enrich us after being infused with the outside world. More than anything, though, it's a safe haven.”