I'm human, you're human, let me greet your humanness. Let's be people together for a while.

I used to love to untangle chains when I was a child. I had thin, busy fingers, and I never gave up. Perhaps there was a psychiatric component to my concentration but like much of my psychic damage, this worked to everyone's advantage.

It feels like I'm babysitting in the Twilight Zone. I keep waiting for the parents to show up because we are out of chips and diet cokes.

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

If you have a body, you are entitled to the full range of feelings. It comes with the package.

I was the angriest daughter on earth, and also, one of the most devoted.

[Her] work taught me that you could be all the traditional feminine things -- a mother, a lover, a listener, a nurturer -- and you could also be critically astute and radical and have a minority opinion that was profoundly moral.