“If we perceive an event as stressful, difficult, or painful, then it will be. If we tell ourselves that what we are experiencing is exciting, an opportunity, or fun, then it will be.”

“As we tell stories about the lives of others, we learn how to imagine what another creature might feel in response to various events. At the same time, we identify with the other creature and learn something about ourselves.”

“We stress culture because it gives identity, purpose and direction. It tells us who we are, what we must do, and how we can do it.”

“It is easier for us to talk of sacrifice and of change than it is to achieve them. Both can be difficult, sometimes painful. But we have guidance on this new path. We have ourselves, we have each other.”

“People fall so in love with their pain, they can’t leave it behind. The same as the stories they tell. We trap ourselves.”

“Divination is a means of telling ourselves what we already know.”

“Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe?”

“we become the stories we tell ourselves”

“The tales we tell ourselves about ourselves makes us who we are.”

“When we cling to pain, we end up punishing ourselves.”