Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress.

To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.

In my life, the stories I have heard from my family, my friends, my community, and from willing strangers all over the world have been the true source of my education.

All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and there is cool, clear water flowing under.

We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under.

It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need him; I needed him, but now I need his best friend. Rather limited scope.

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.