Penelope? Thank you. For not leaving me alone to deal with this . . . when things got hard. other people would have. You're a true friend.

My mom says . . . there are bad people who hurt others for fun . . . and there are good people who do it by accident. Like, they make a mistake? I think you're a good person.

I don't want to leave.

I hate witches. Humans had the right idea, burning them at the stake.

Sometimes painful endings bring the best new beginnings.

Getting out of bed with a smile on your face most days is the start of being and knowing you are successful.

think of innocent Icarus who is doing quite well: larger than a sail, over the fog and the blast of the plushy ocean, he goes. Admire his wings!

All the stuff that keeps you safe from feeling scary emotions? They also keep you from feeling the good emotions. You have to shake those off. You have to become vulnerable.

No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it.

It's fun singing with other people who are really good singers. There's something kind of poignant about braiding a couple vocals.

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished

Since visiting the abatoirs of S. France I have stopped eating meat.