The most reliable topic for small talk is the goings-on of stars whether they’re rising or falling, and whether nor not a particular story is truth or fiction. This is way out of balance. It invades the privacy of men and women who didn’t give up being human when they became famous, and it negates the meaning inherent in our own lives. (300)

— Victoria Moran

[T[his isn’t just “another day, another dollar.” It’s more like “another day, another miracle.” (213)

— Victoria Moran

To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too. (20)

— Victoria Moran

We do children an enormous disservice when we assume that they cannot appreciate anything beyond drive through fare and nutritionally marginal, kid-targeted convenience foods. Our children are capable of consuming something that grew in a garden or on a tree and never saw a deep fryer. They are capable of making it through diner at a sit-down restaurant with tablecloths and no climbing equipment. Children deserve quality nourishment.

— Victoria Moran

When you believe you reflect what is holy and good, you can see more that is good in every stage of your life. (319)

— Victoria Moran

When you can see your life in retrospect, the romanticism of how good things once were gives way to the reality that positives and negatives comprise every day and every decade. (235)

— Victoria Moran

Yoga will always be transformational, even when it stops being cool. (350)

— Victoria Moran

You know how we’re thinking about food these days, less in terms of carbs and calories than in terms of color, vivacity, and life force? We can do the same with time. Then it’s no longer about having enough of it but about infusing color and vivacity and life force into every moment. (279)

— Victoria Moran

You'll get younger not from what you read but from what you apply in your life. (192)

— Victoria Moran

You're supposed to be using your gifts and fulfilling your dreams, at every age.

— Victoria Moran