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"Over us, every second, hung the terror of Achilles's destiny, while the murmurs of war among the gods grew louder. But even I could not fill each moment with fear. I have heard that men who live by a waterfall cease to hear it—in such a way did I learn to live beside the rushing torrent of his doom." Miller is an exquisite writer. The casual poetry in her prose is a joy.

"Life requires us to be creative. We must create. Creativity is an essential energy to the survival of the physical body."

"There is no external promised land. It's an internal place. No matter what happens in the outside world, the journey is to hold your center. Because the real journey is to prevent yourself from plugging in to illusions in the outside world that take your spirit with them."

"we must come to understand that language is a precious and sacred vessel. Its power to draw us together in community—especially through sharing the language of prayer—is great. So too is its power of destruction."

"The question should be better put in our context: 'Why is reality the way it is? Why does human consciousness experience itself as separate, but bear within it intimations of a greater oneness?'"

"Y-H-W-H, the true name of the One, has nothing to do with mastery or domination. It is a name that bespeaks the utter oneness, rather than the hierarchical ordering, of existence."

"Our prayer is a cry and a song to life itself, called forth from our own innermost self, addressed to the wonder and mystery of life that we have dared to call again by this ancient and holy name "

"Writing is always an act of faith."

"I wish someone had told me when I was young that it was not happiness I could count on, but change."

"I will say it so: My mother's voice is a lullaby in my cells. When I am still, my body feels her breathing."