I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.

I've read that under trauma, that you have this ability to kind of disconnect from the experience.

You almost can't wait too long [to get married]. The longer you wait, the better off you are going to be. And the happier your kids are going to be, and the happier a mom you are going to be.

You take whatever works from wherever you can find it, and you keep moving toward the light.

A glorious failure can sometimes be more life affirming than a cautious win.

If you want to know the world, sometimes you have to get out and roll around.

the beauty of doing nothing