What we know matters but who we are matters more.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.

The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.

If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

Numb the dark and you numb the light.

Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things?

It would perhaps be nice to be alternately the victim and the executioner.

Kindness is more powerful than compulsion.

I have great appreciation for people who do anything well. I think that it's very difficult to do what you do well.

I wonder if there were any goths in gothic times. They're like: You look completely appropriate. You don't look stupid or lonely at all.

You can pretend anything and master it.

The greenhouse effect is something you can observe experimentally - and most people have observed the greenhouse effect themselves, in greenhouses. Yes?

When boys and girls go out to play there is always someone left behind, and the boy who is left behind is no use to the girl who is left behind.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.