I worried so much about how I looked and whether I was doing things right, I felt half the time I was impersonating a girl instead of really being one.

If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.

I've always been a journal-keeper. I've always tried to write about how I'm experiencing life, and my feelings and thoughts.

Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.

I realize what a strange in-between place I am in. The Young Woman inside has turned to go, but the Old Woman has not shown up.

Sometimes you want to fall on your knees and thank God in heaven for all the poor news reporting that goes on in the world.

I tried to imagine a church that did not support its country's wars as a matter of patriotic course and instead stood against the devastation and suffering they caused in people's lives." (from 'The Dance of the Dissident Daughter'.)