"My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for."
- Jane Rule
"People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by their lives."
"I had never been as resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes perhaps because although I couldn't sew I could think."