My ancestors make up the skin of the world. That's who that is. That's what that is. That's us.

Anything that forces you to act at the possible harm of your own existence is going to exact a cost. You have to then think about, "Can I pay this? What will this mean to me - to my relationships, to my family, to everybody? What is this going to take? How much of me is this going to take?"

Women have to summon courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone.

The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that. I used to think it came from her Native-American side. Whichever it was, she instinctively connected with nature, and taught me that. Church just could not hold my spirit.

Just because I don't harass it like some peoples us know don't mean I ain't got religion.