The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness.

Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.

Write regularly, whether you feel like writing or not, and whether you think what you're writing is any good or not.

I'm all over the place, up and down, scattered, withdrawing, trying to find some elusive sense of serenity." The world can't give that serenity. The world can't give us peace. We can only find it in our hearts." I hate that." I know. But the good news is that by the same token, the world can't take it away.

It is hard to remember that you are a cherished spiritual being when you're burping up apple fritters and Cheetos.

After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.

I see that children fill the existential hollowness many people feel; that when we have children, we know they will need us, and maybe love us, but we don't have a clue how hard it is going to be.