When it comes to my vocabulary, I felt a responsibility when I was teaching to raise the bar of conversation in my classroom. And with my own students, I refused to let them use the phrase "I like" or "I don't like" when we were engaged in a critique.

I have my flaws and my issues, past and present and who knows what will happen in the future. I want people to know Im vulnerable too and each one of us is.

I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.

You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or too curious about the world.

Call me a schoolmarm, but few things make me angrier than people not taking good care of library materials.

I pretty much stay true to myself and try to find the good in people and not be snarky.

I have heard women complain about men holding doors for them,, as if it is inherently offensive and implies that they are weak. ... I would hold a door for anyone. ... It has to do with noticing our fellow human beings and saying, "I recognize that you're on this planet, and I don't want a door hitting you in the face.