I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay. I've heard that when elephants are attacked they often run, not away, but toward each other. Perhaps it is because they are a matriarchal society.

No one wants to mother more vigilantly than a woman who is childless and wishes she wasn’t.

I hadn't realized how much I'd been needing to meet someone I might be able to say everything to.

Never be afraid of doing the thing you know in your heart is right, even if others don't agree.

My inside self and my outside self used to match. A compass needle pointed true north. Now the needle spins around and around indicating the sad direction of nowhere.

How important things had become, now that they were gone! I felt a sudden panic that I would soon forget everything.

There is incredible value in being of service to others.