I love slow readers. And readers who think about what I've written, think about how it's written - and copy me!

There is something so deeply visceral about libraries for me-rooms and rooms full of people dreaming and remembering.

Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.

But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies.

People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do...Don't worry about other people. Worry about you.

I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise.

I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

Even the silence has a story to tell you. Just listen. Listen.

The empty swing set reminds us of this-- that bad won't be bad forever, and what is good can sometimes last a long, long time.

I feel like the world stopped. And I got off...and then it started spinning again, but too fast for me to hop back on. I feel like I'm still trying to get a...to get some kind of foothold on living

In all your getting, get understanding.

Her conclusion: "You just have to follow your own heart" when it comes to medical decision-making.

Prayer for today:Dear Lord, the eternal ecstatic joy within me is often turned into bondage by my labeling mind. Please, give me some meditative wisdom.

I experience the age I am now as an age at which I must ensure that I already am what I insist or believe I am going to be.

He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

It is a foolish man who believes that the status quo can be maintained indefinitely.

There are only two creatures of value on the face of the earth: those with the commitment, and those who require the commitment of others.

All I can do is repeat what I think is the best information that anybody ever gave me.

I do dance music, and I can be pretty camp myself from time to time.

You were the leaves, basking in the sunlight. I was the root, growing in the darkness ~Danzo

There is nothing like waking up at six in the morning and changing a baby's nappy to bring you face to face with life's reality.