Flowers are always more serious than they appear.

No one belongs when they are new to this world. All children are Changelings.

The Heart of Fairyland is a story, " she said, and she felt so warm and light and full of rightness of it that she thought she might faint.

And that is the last lesson of childhood: You spend all your years fighting against the injustice of big folk and their big rules until you are ready to rule yourself.

Every cat knows how to keep his owner feeding them: You may scratch and bite ninety-nine times, but the hundredth time, you must leap into a lap and press your nose to their nose. Rules are for dogs.

Be the master of your craft in black and white, kick asses and run wild with it locally and globally.

Miracles, to the Sufi, are not evidential, they are instrumental.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

I don't really listen to a lot of 90s alternative indie female stuff anymore, but I loved Liz Phair and Kim Deal when I was younger.

I didn't think too much of killing individual people. I use to think of killing the human race sometimes.

The world is your oyster. Yes, but in that oyster is the pearl; and to get to the pearl one has to first discard the shell and the flesh.

A helpful hand is a lesson in sharing and if you have the means why not play your part. Those who refuse your help are foolish, as we all know appreciating the helpful hand is just smart.

Oh, how powerfully the magnet of illusion attracts.

You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability.