“To fear an inner life, she thought, was the greatest foolishness. It was like fearing a breath of air. Why did people find it harder to admit to a universe within than without? Why trust, for a moment, one's own… — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
“...because it requires the total surrender of my will and finally, ultimately, the wholesale destruction of my ego. That is hard. It I'm going… — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
“Everyone else felt the need to assure me that Mother's death was part of God's plan. Exactly, I wanted to shout after reading this… — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
“Actors are superstitious about beggars, perhaps because we're largely in the same line.” — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
“But you said you no longer care for the world's opinion," I said to him, "nor will I.” — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
“Sex can be estranging; it can drive two otherwise compatible people apart.” — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
“What was the good at having an ideal if everyone is trying to beat everyone else at admitting how impossible it is to achieve… — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
“And it seemed to me that longing was everything, longing is all we are.” — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
“One feels relieved these days when a play is not like television.” — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
“...most people never experience such a passion, that I had been incredibly, divinely fortunate to have found, in a world where most souls dig… — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
“I see I have this patience to wait it out, and the truth is no matter how dark I feel I would never take… — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
“He put a dark place in me and I can't forgive him for that. But it's a part of me now and how can… — Valerie Martin Copy Share Image
