Class is rarely talked about in the United States; nowhere is there a more intense silence about the reality of class differences than in educational settings.

Whether we learn how to love ourselves and others will depend on the presence of a loving environment. Self-love cannot flourish in isolation.

Being oppressed means the absence of choices

Only grown-ups think that the things children say come out of nowhere. We know they come from the deepest parts of ourselves.

I think our culture doesn't recognize passion, because real passion has the power to disrupt boundaries.

Couples who rarely or never have sex can know lifelong love.

When angels speak of love they tell us it is only by loving that we enter an earthly paradise. They tell us paradise is our home and love our true destiny.