...whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. And peace will be with you.

I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Given my own circumstances, I find that anything can turn out to belong nearly anywhere.

The standard approach has been to pump up the dosage of chemicals ... Twenty percent of these approved-for-use pesticides are listed by the EPA as carcinogenic in humans.

I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the future and my attachment to it. I can't imagine what kind of writer I'd be if I didn't have my kids.

I did it to win love, and to prove myself capable. Not to move mountains. In my opinions, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you look down on them from great height.