what we call things matters. ... The words we use, and how we perceive those words, reflect how we value, or devalue, people, places, and things.

I've been a feminist since I was a teenager, but originally it was because I wanted to make the world a better place for me.

On social welfare the Church does so much good around the world - nuns running schools and homeless shelters, priests ministering to people who are in crisis.

being a parent is not transaction ... we do not get what we give. It is the ultimate pay-it-forward endeavor: we are good parents not so they will be loving enough to stay with us but so they will be strong enough to leave us.

When I'm falling, my girlfriends are my soft landing.

Today is the only guarantee you get.

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