Maria DeBlassie > Quotes

“She was the Weeping Woman, sure. But I was the woman who made rainwater out of tears. I would use them to water my crops through this drought. When people bought my fat turnips and sharp radishes and long, thick carrots, they would taste of freshly turned futures, hope, the bittersweet taste of things past, and the salty tang of possibility. This I would do to remind others that we are the seeds we plant, not the histories forced upon us. This I would do to wash away the sorrow from my soul.”
― Maria DeBlassie, Weep, Woman, Weep

“I'll let you in on a little secret: This book is magic. All books are. So much so that they are picky about who picks them up and reads them.”
― Maria DeBlassie, Practically Pagan - An Alternative Guide to Magical Living

“Despite what we’re taught in the self-help community, wellness and mystic joy aren’t something you gain and then just have. You have to continue to work on it daily, like exercise or diet.”
― Maria DeBlassie, Practically Pagan - An Alternative Guide to Magical Living

“When I was so alone I thought I might die, I got a public library card.”
― Maria DeBlassie, Weep, Woman, Weep

“We are the seeds we plant, not the histories forced upon us.”
― Maria DeBlassie, Weep, Woman, Weep

“There is magic in hearing a story and taking what medicine you need from it, magic in beginning to think of yourself as a story that you get to shape and create.”
― Maria DeBlassie, Practically Pagan - An Alternative Guide to Magical Living

“Too often, we look for the sublime in things outside ourselves and neglect the beauty of what is right in front of us.”
― Maria DeBlassie, Practically Pagan - An Alternative Guide to Magical Living

“Here's the thing about miracles—medicine—whatever you want to call it. You can't force it on anyone or do the work for them. All you can do is make your own miracles and let people live out their lives however they plan to.”
― Maria DeBlassie, Weep, Woman, Weep

“And yet, I can directly link every one of my external successes to my internal balance and joy, my connection to the sacred feminine through pleasure. Through this, I’ve had to acknowledge the beautiful, and yes, sometimes scary, fact that the divine is within us. That we are infinite. That we can only grow and thrive if, like plants, we let the light in.”
― Maria DeBlassie, Practically Pagan - An Alternative Guide to Magical Living