"There is too much emphasis on being positive, to the detriment of being real."
- Colleen Chen
"It is nearly impossible to feel anything negative in here. Because you’re really connected, to everything, here… but it’s only meant to be a temporary sanctuary, a place to remember yourself. In time ..."
"She would have found it peaceful and relaxing here, but in every town they traveled through, people radiated anxiety under uneasy masks of optimism. Their dependency on magic had made them nearly help..."
"Some of the pain released, and love filled the cleared space, uniting, magnetizing more self-love to it."
"Somehow, it bothered her watching Garth’s charm directed so effectively at another. Could he convince her so easily of an untruth?"
"Oh,” she breathed. “How silly I’ve been.”“How silly we’ve all been,” said another of the wives. “We shouldn’t be fighting each other. Our problems don’t lie in any of the relationships we have with ea..."
"He hasn’t really seen you, not as you want to be seen, but he’s starting to, a little."
"Then you shouldn’t be worried about him being with me. You can have him back when I’m done with him."
"Have you heard of the Children of Mae?”“The cult?” She knew of a religious group whose members went door to door, preaching the benefits of self-discipline—abstinence, celibacy or monogamy, vegetarian..."