I know, that Rilke quote - "Beauty is the beginning of terror" - I think about that a lot. It's that realization that we are so small, and yet we are so large in our capacity to relate to the beauty of things.

Through revision, I enter the realm of the unspeakable and find the words that have eluded me.

There are two important days in a woman's life: the day she is born and the day she finds out why.

My body is a compass - and it does not lie.

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

Dying doesn't cause suffering. Resistance to dying does.

I come from a culture that embodies the need to convert others to "the truth." The Mormon Church has one of the largest missionary programs in the world. That does not interest me.