At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language-door and open the love-window. The moon won’t use the door, only the window. – Rumi
There’s a hidden sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness. We are lutes, no more, no less. If the soundbox is stuffed full of anything, no music…. When you’re full of food and drink, Satan sits where your spirit should…. – Rumi
The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are. – Martha Beck
Im kind of a good girl – and Im not. Im a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. Im a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. Thats what the stories in my music do. – Katy Perry