Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence - as it saves most writers who live in 'interesting' oppressive times and are not afflicted by personal immunity.

If she come, I be happy. If she don't, I be content.

I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions-those who wantonly damage it and those who do not. But the Earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.

Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism.