Letting go of someone you loved wasn't hard. There was no word for what it was, because even if you didn't let them go they were still gone.

If the hero does not match the story, it is the hero, not the story, who must be rewritten.

She didn’t know that loss was alive in the world, a thief always about to slam you and steal everything you had.

The present convergence of crises––in money, energy, education, health, water, soil, climate, politics, the environment, and more––is a birth crisis, expelling us from the old world into a new.

We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.

As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.

I've always thought comparisons were useless and ugly. It is a short cut to thinking.

I planned on being successful ever since I was young. To me, this is nothing to be surprised about.

Stop this agony of wishing Play it out Don't think, don't hesitate Curving back within yourself Just create... Just create

We used to think that energy and water would be the critical issues for the next century. Now we think water will be the critical issue.

The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.

Everyone always says that having kids is messy and sloppy. It's true, but you as a parent have to try to bring some boundaries and control over that experience, or you'd have out-of-control kids.

A lot of the times you read something and you don't realize that you are going to have to do the things that you read.