Since time out of mind, a considered act of heroism has been the cure for stultifying ambivalence.

If you have never been called a defiant, incorrigible, impossible woman… have faith. There is yet time.

To be ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others, and yet to comply with what others want causes us to be exiled from ourselves.

Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing.

All that you are seeking is also seeking you. If you lie still, sit still, it will find you. It has been waiting for you a long time.

When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.

Do not lose heart. We were made for these times.....For years we have been learning, practicing, been in training for...and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement.

A healthy woman is much like a wolf: robust, chock-full, strong life force, life-giving, territorially aware, inventive, loyal, roving.

Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.

If you have yet to be called an incorrigable, defiant woman, don't worry, there is still time

Being gifted means facing the next level of depth without ever being repulsed by the curse that comes with the magic of being different.

Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler.

80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems ... they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.

When I stand and contemplate my fate and see the path along which you have led me, I reach my end, for artless I surrendered to one who is my undoing and my end.

When God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.

Life and values do run in cycles.

I was too shy to be around real people. It wasn't like old ladies talking to plants.

Who knows how to taste wine never drinks wine again, but tastes secrets instead

Story is a sacred visualization, a way of echoing experience.

I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment.