The two most radical things you can do in America are to slow down, and to talk to each other. If you do these things, you will improve your country.
Mary PipherTraditionally parents have wondered what their teens were doing, but now teens are much more likely to be doing things that can get them killed.
Mary PipherPeople come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs. We can teach and learn from each other to produce a better America.
Mary PipherTrue freedom has more to do with following the North Star than going whichever way the wind blows. Sometimes it seems like freedom is blowing with the winds of the day, but that kind of freedom is really an illusion. It turns your boat in circles. Freedom is sailing toward your dreams.
Mary PipherI want to write. I have always wanted to write. I do not care it I am not good at it. I just want to try.
Mary PipherParents wrongly assume that their daughters live in a world similar to the one they experienced as adolescents. They are dead wrong. Their daughters live in a media-drenched world floded with junk values. As girls turn from their parents, they turn to this world for guidance about how to be an adult.
Mary Pipher