It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.

I wanted to cry, but I realized that I was too old for that. I would be a woman soon and I would have to learn how to live with a divided heart.

One of his tears fell in my mouth, where it became a blue sapphire, source of strength, source of strength and eternal hope.

I am so honored to be the vessel into which you pour this story of pain and strength.

My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.

The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.

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.