...since you can't heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else's sick mind.

I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.

Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides. It means that you are willing to stop being such a jerk. When you are aware of all that has been given to you, in your lifetime and the past few days, it is hard not to be humbled, and pleased to give back.

You can change the world with a hot bath, if you sink into it from a place of knowing that you are worth profound care, even when you're dirty and rattled.

I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae.

You have to be a warrior and say, "Maybe it's everyone else's system, but it's not mine." (from her recent interview here, on Goodreads)

I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.