“Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.”

“When you fear to fail, you fear something that has not happened yet. You predict your own failure, and by inaction, lock yourself into it.”

“There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself. To your feet or hair. Or heart.”

“Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.”

“I know—yet my arms are empty,
That fondly folded seven,
And the mother heart within me
Is almost starved for heaven.”

“… you must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.”

“If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear.”

“Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.”

“The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.”

“Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.”