If you can love all who've betrayed you... you can taste…

“There’s such a thing as too much sweetness, Quincy, he told me. All the best bakers know this. There needs to be a counterpoint.…

— Riley Sager

To taste the sweetness of life, you must have the power to forget the past.

— Anonymous

“…life is the work of the spirit trying to have a human experience.”

— Holly Lynn Payne

“You know you have received the invitation when your heart is ready to risk everything to hold the hand of God.”

— Holly Lynn Payne

“Be willing to turn your attention to that which serves you.”

— Holly Lynn Payne

“She did not need anyone else's love when she had roses.”

— Holly Lynn Payne

“...lose your mind so that you can gain a new way of knowing.”

— Holly Lynn Payne

“Everything that has ever been beautiful has been burned. Like you.”

— Holly Lynn Payne

“…it struck her that that perhaps everyone had the ability to see themselves in others. Even in the rocks. Even in the roses.”

— Holly Lynn Payne

“Love was not the point and pity was a poor man's pride.”

— Holly Lynn Payne

“I was afraid of the dance once, too. But I learned to embrace it and the mistakes I would make. Do not turn away…

— Holly Lynn Payne

“The dance had distilled her and she had become one with the essence of all that is.”

— Holly Lynn Payne

“No one is born beneath this dance. This dance gives birth to you.”

— Holly Lynn Payne

“...anyone looking for friends without faults shall remain friendless. The choice is yours.”

— Holly Lynn Payne

“...purification was the point of such pain.”

— Holly Lynn Payne