... my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.

I think there is a sense of being forced at this time to look at America's really large shadow and that's not all that bad.

It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try.

I don't know. I imagine good teaching as a circle of earnest people sitting down to ask each other meaningful questions. I don't see it as a handing down of answers.

I'm for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing.

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.

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.