Stories are medicine. They have such power; they do not require that we do, be, act anything - we need only listen.

Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from the soul.

...stories that rise from deep suffering can provide the most potent remedies for past, present, and even future ills.

we wish to make rage into a fire that cooks things rather than a fire of conflagration.

Nurture is like psychic Wheaties.

When you feel bad, find a person to talk to and cry with, to tell of your anger and other helpless feelings.

The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.