I see 'Ahab's Wife' as offering an alternative vision to

You have climate change and antibiotic resistance which are two of the biggest horses of the apocalypse, and they're basically breathing on our necks, and there's no political will or effort being expended to deal with them.

People who meditate and have a good spiritual practice, their immune systems are stronger. Generally, they are happier and healthier.

You make mistakes and you learn from them.

I'm not Catholic but the Virgin Mary fascinates me because she's like a folk hero.

In a perfect world, I would be 6-foot-3 and have a perfect head of hair and look like Orlando Bloom.

I have no patience for anyone who thinks they've figured things out, no patience for people who think they're right at the expense of everyone else. The world is too connected and too complicated to conform to any of our rigid ideas of what it should be like.