Don’t forget that the artist still has to be a woman. Nourish them both. (p317) - Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

Remember the time before the hurting, for that's where the healing lives. Find the joy of the before and know you can find it again. You have a big heart and there are many paths to healing.

"Nightmares are for people who refuse to listen to their hearts. People who have lost their way, who are hollow. Fear slips into those hollow places. It is the very emptiness that draws the fear." (p164)

Like a primeval wave, these stories have carried me, and deposited me on the morning of today. They are the stories of how I came to be who I am, where I am. (p14)