Artfulness is not simple entertainment, especially during upheaval, unleashing creative life is sacred duty.

If you have never been called a defiant, incorrigible, impossible woman… have faith. There is yet time.

To be ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others, and yet to comply with what others want causes us to be exiled from ourselves.

Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing.

All that you are seeking is also seeking you. If you lie still, sit still, it will find you. It has been waiting for you a long time.

When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.

Do not lose heart. We were made for these times.....For years we have been learning, practicing, been in training for...and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement.

A healthy woman is much like a wolf: robust, chock-full, strong life force, life-giving, territorially aware, inventive, loyal, roving.

Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.

If you have yet to be called an incorrigable, defiant woman, don't worry, there is still time

I have a new mantra, which I chant softly to myself: "Oh My God Oh My God.

How much does a man need to survive? two meals a day, one bed for the night and a few sets of clothes. That is all you need in life

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

I didn't know what architecture was except that I lived in a house. I don't even think that I knew the word for a long time. My dad funneled me into engineering because it was his background.

There's no such thing as altruism.

He knew that there was a difference between something that makes you happy and something that doesn’t make you unhappy. The trick was convincing yourself these were one and the same.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

One of the glorious things about being a person in the world is that you don't have to worry about whether or not someone else is trying to be creepy.

Father Jude Nnorom says he hopes the pope's travels in Africa will help end all the wars ravaging the continent.

In America, your job determines your marks. In Soviet Russia, Marx determine your job!