"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."

"People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown."

"Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything."

"I think in a way, you're doomed, once you can envision something. You're sort of doomed to make it happen. I've found that the moment I can envision leaving a relationship, that's usually the moment that the relationship starts to fall apart."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"It is a subtle truth that where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion."

"To conquer fear is to realize that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."