When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life.

Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking.

...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy and pleasurable as bathing a cat.

Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away.

I devoured books like a person taking vitamins, afraid that otherwise I would remain this gelatinous narcissist, with no possibility of ever becoming thoughtful, of ever being taken seriously.

I get thirsty people glasses of water, even if that thirsty person is just me.