“Self-inflicted pain has a calming effect; it clears the head, diminishes one's fascination with the ego, and most important, gives one the sense of having taken some real action against the everyday foolishness of the body and of the vagrant,… — 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
“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
“Actors are superstitious about beggars, perhaps because we're largely in the same line.” — Valerie Martin Copy Share
“But you said you no longer care for the world's opinion," I said to him, "nor will I.” — Valerie Martin Copy Share
“Sex can be estranging; it can drive two otherwise compatible people apart.” — Valerie Martin Copy Share
“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
“And it seemed to me that longing was everything, longing is all we are.” — Valerie Martin Copy Share
“...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
“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
“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
“Self-inflicted pain has a calming effect; it clears the head, diminishes one's fascination with the ego, and most important, gives one the sense of… — Valerie Martin Copy Share
“I've caused you pain, and I'm sorry for it,' she said. 'But perhaps that pain will keep you from forgetting me.” — Valerie Martin Copy Share
“The natural beauty of the earth made hard for me to consider the pathetic struggle of humans on the face of it. The great… — Valerie Martin Copy Share
