The birds brought seeds & flowers & bits of brightly colored string & placed them in her hair while she slept so she would remember the wild joy of spring when she finally awoke.

If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.

If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can & there is nothing more to it than that.

The most important thing you leave behind is the stuff that turns into treasures when children find it

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.

Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life.

In my dream the angel shrugged and said, if we fail this time, it will be a failure of imagination. And then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand.