I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.

I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom.

Behind every erotic condemnation there's a burning hypocrite.

I got more and more politically active and just followed the course of feminism and sexual liberation

Doing the right thing for someone else was like a tonic for me; it was like some magic ointment that made a wound disappear

Finding people who get enormous pleasure from reading books is a more and more unusual experience, and so writers just so much want to be heard.

I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their education, to their successful independence, to their sexual self-knowledge.

You have to calendar time for yourself even if you have no idea what youre going to do with it.

Many Americans who are not fastened at the temples to a Christian prayer book are offended by politicians who justify their decisions by piously quoting the Old Testament.

There IS more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before.

Human beings like variety, and they also like partnership . . . these are scientific values we can point to.

Fierce faith, hopeful heart

It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians.

Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.

Good literacy skills can help children:-Be healthy and safe.-Do their homework to their best ability.-Get and keep a job one day.-Eventually participate in local committees or government

Dear Jesus, do something.

The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.

I'm not the government. Nor would I EVER want to be the government - I don't know how you feel about government, but I'm not really happy about them.

English, however, is kinky. It has a predilection for dressing up like Welsh on lonely nights.

The soul is created in a place between Time and Eternity: with its highest powers it touches Eternity, with its lower Time.

I'm not rapping, I'm conversing. It's just a conversation between me and you.