The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.

Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.

The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible.

I could not get my fill of looking. There should be a song for women to sing at this moment or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment.

on the day that the intlligence and talents of women are fully honored and employed, the human community and the planet itself will benefit in ways we can only begin to imagine.

As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year which gave me access to the Harvard system.

Mountains are where heaven meets earth.