My mother was an incredibly loving mother.

Our love of lockstep is our greatest curse, the source of all that bedevils us. It is the source of homophobia, xenophobia, racism, sexism, terrorism, bigotry of every variety and hue, because it tells us there is one right way to do things, to look, to behave, to feel, when the only right way is to feel your heart hammering inside you and to listen to what its timpani is saying.

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.

There's something undeniable about the posture of a person trying not to acknowledge your existance

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.

It is hard to find someone who will give your children a feeling of security while it lasts and not wound them too much when it isfinished, who will treat those children as if they were her own, but knows--and never forgets--that they are yours.

Down time is where we become ourselves... a hiatus that passes for boredom but is really the quiet moving of the wheels inside that fuel creativity.