A kiss is like singing into someone's mouth.

Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.

Love is the white light of emotion.

Love, like truth, is the unassailable defense.

I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and deeply spiritual, glorifying the smallest life-form and embracing the most distant stars.

Humans are the most successful invasives of all time.

A life like an intricately woven basket, frayed, worn, broken, unraveled, reworked, reknit from many of its original pieces... Life can survive in the constant shadow of illness, and even rise to moments of rampant joy, but the shadow remains, and one has to make space for it.