I have had the experience common to many women, of needing to define myself and to find my self-esteem as a person, not simply as somebody's wife or mother.

Women, I believe, learn to think on their feet, to cope with change and survive.

It is very important that we look at what we CAN do, rather than what is impossible to do.

A Garden Is Not Passive. It has its own way of responding to your involvement and commitment to it. When you walk into a garden, you know whether it is loved or not.

Women's networks are a necessary part of life. A mixture of empathy and brainstorming can move mountains.

I think that women of my generation have had a real need to form networks and friendships because it's been, as they say, a man's world, and women have felt excluded and isolated to a large degree. When women get together in numbers their strength compounds and is seen and felt by themselves and others.

FIGHT FOR THE EARTH: The earth can't speak for itself, it will just slowly die if we don't fight for it.