The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.

The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.

One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.

Hatred is the ballast of the rock which lies upon our necks and underfoot.

The desire to reach hearts is wise

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.