“ Care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. Charlotte Bronte
“ This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness. Dalai Lama XIV
“ She found that the whole world could be contained in one place because that place was herself. Nothing had prepared her for this. Jeanette Winterson
“ Phoebe Marks was a person who never lost her individuality. Silent and self-contained, she seemed to hold herself within herself, and take no colour from the outer world. Mary Elizabeth Braddon
“ A self needed to spill out sometimes, a body should show evidence of what the hell went on inside it. Ben Marcus
“ Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it's not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and places… Hugo Hamilton
