. . . the labor with which we give birth is simply a rehearsal for something we mothers must do over and over: turn ourselves inside out, and then let go.

Confidence is the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and kind as you really are, without embarrassment.

Fearlessness requires attention and receptivity-it takes focus to stand in the still eye of a tornado and not be swept away by it.

You have a soft spot. Contrary to popular belief, it is not where you are weak, it is the gateway to indestructible power.

A Dark Night is a mental and emotional state of despair that arises when something is so painful that it blots out all other considerations and makes carrying on as usual out of the question.

I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.

My father was a Creole his father a Negro and his father a monkey my family it seems begins where yours left off.

I've tried to live my life right, just like a story.

This song is for the guy who keeps yelling from the balcony, and it's called 'We hate you, please die.'

I'm rarely invited to start-up parties, but who cares about their trinkets and apps anyway?

The federal government has never been known for its sense of humor.

I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.

Coaching really is an individual philosophy.

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous.