There are some things for which there is no apology, and on the question of slavery, there is no adequate apology for ripping people out of their homeland and bringing them here in chains. There is no adequate apology for the ongoing horrific legacy of racism.

We will be in tune with our bodies only if we truly love and honor them. We can't be in good communication with the enemy.

Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change.

We need to hear the sound of our voice for what we think and need.

As many have observed, it is easy to tell a lie, but it is almost impossible to tell only one.

The best apology, I think, was from my husband, Steve, who slept with a close friend of mine decades back, when we were committed to being life partners but not yet married. And many of the factors that made Steve's apology so healing are universal. One important thing is that he confessed to the affair, rather than my discovering it. He looked deeply into his own history in terms of why this happened, but he never used that history as an excuse.

Love alone is never a good enough reason to marry.