“Trust what moves you most deeply.”

“Trust what you love, continue to move forward in that direction, and you will end up where you truly hope to be.”

“Imagination, however high it flies,Falls short, however hard it tries.But spirits fit to see deeply invest In what is boundless a boundless trust.”

“Avoid contact with all people in whom there is no possible resonance with what touches you most deeply and toward whom you have obligations of "kindness," of politeness.”

“Piper, you’re the strongest, most powerful beauty queen I’ve ever met. You can trust yourself. For what it’s worth, you can trust me too.”

“If what we need to dream, to move our spirits most deeply and directly toward and through promise, is discounted as a luxury, then we give up the core -- the fountain -- of our power, our womanness; we give up the future of our worlds. (From "Poetry is Not a Luxury")”