Most of all, differences of opinion are opportunities for learning.

This is the sorcery of literature. We are healed by our stories.

To hear something asks very little of us. To listen places our entire being on notice.

At the heart of Mormonism is a high regard for community. That is its strength. I have great respect for that.

My activism is a result of my love. So whether it's trying to preserve the wilderness in Southern Utah or writing about an erotics of place, it is that same impulse - to try to make sense of the world, to try to preserve something that is beautiful, to ask the tough questions, the push the boundaries of what is acceptable.

I grew up in a culture in which it was a sin for a woman to speak out.

Faith is not about finding meaning in the world, there may be no such thing -- faith is the belief in our capacity to create meaningful lives.