War will stop when we no longer praise it, or give it any attention at all. Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.

Well, sometime Mr —— git on me pretty hard. I have to talk to Old Maker. But he my husband. I shrug my shoulders. This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways. You ought to bash Mr —— head open, she say. Think bout heaven later.

Stretching [and] yoga [are] very helpful. All of these things - they really do help. Good food and a lot of sleep. And reading - reading good books. Sometimes movies - although a lot of the movies are difficult.

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

I try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.

No song or poem will bear my mother's name. Yet so many of the stories that I write, that we all write, are my mother's stories.

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.