... the greatest act of love is to pay attention.

Whenever you are blue or lonely or stricken by some humiliating thing you did, the cure and the hope is in caring about other people.

The most fun is getting paid to learn things.

Barbara Ehrenreich is smart, provocative, funny, and sane in a world that needs more of all four.

Do something you really love in the most adventurous place you can and make sure it helps other people.

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.