"In an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time."

“You become a different writer when you approach a short story. When things are not always having to represent other things, you find real human beings begin to cautiously appear on your pages.”

“It's not so much what the job gives you, it's what you give to the job.”

“Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment”

“Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.”

Source : Vicki Baum, Margaret Leland Goldsmith (1931). “Results of an Accident”

“You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you... happiness is your natural state.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 15, 2016

“You learn that the only way to get rock-star power as a girl is to be a groupie and bare your breasts and get chosen for the night. We learn that the only way to get anywhere is through men. And it's a lie.”

“People can love their lies, tell their lies, believe their own lies until hell pays a visit.”

Source : Carol Plum-Ucci (2008). “The Body of Christopher Creed”, p.12, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“We have a VA hospital back home in St. Louis. Like many of our colleagues, we hear continued concerns about the access and the service. I have seen a statistic that more than 60,000 veterans today are waiting more than 6 months for an appointment at a VA hospital.”