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“Am I good or evil? Orne asked himself. He forced his attention onto the question, but it was like wading upstream in a swift river. His thoughts twisted and turned, showed a tendency to scatter. He said: 鈥淚鈥檓 ... if I鈥檓 one with all the universe, then I am God. I am creation. I am the miracle. How can that be good or evil?”
― The Godmakers
― The Godmakers
“Some people are like candles.
They burn themselves out
to create light for others.”
― Big Panda and Tiny Dragon (Hardcover)
They burn themselves out
to create light for others.”
― Big Panda and Tiny Dragon (Hardcover)

“it's time to be curious about what lives in the ocean of you beyond the island of other people's needs. caregiver, are you curious? what if i told you: you don't need to heal others to heal yourself. you can just heal yourself. you do not need to give love to others to love yourself. you can just love yourself. within healer and helper, there is warrior, there is priestess, there is holy whore. who knows all the things you could be?”
― Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
― Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

“I think her precocious intellectual development is what happens to bright and sensitive kids when the emotional environment isn't able to hold them. They develop this very powerful intellect that holds them instead.”
― Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind
― Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind
“How do you keep going?" asked Tiny Dragon.
"Sometimes," said Big Panda, "Even the smallest step is better than no step.”
― Big Panda & Tiny Dragon
"Sometimes," said Big Panda, "Even the smallest step is better than no step.”
― Big Panda & Tiny Dragon
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