Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. They are chaotic, sometimes painful, sometimes contradictory, but they come from deep within us. And we must key into those feelings... This is how new visions begin.

I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidden angers

I soon discovered that if you keep your mouth shut, people are apt to believe you know everything, and they begin to feel freer and freer to tell you anything, anxious to show that they know something, too.

What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?

I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines.

My fear of anger taught me nothing.