I am built close to the ground and of extravagant body.

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

Invite TranquilityThe sea, --Something to look atWhen we are angry.

What kind of God do you believe in? my answer is easy: I believe in a magnificent God

Sometimes waiting and being disappointed was good, to remind me he didn't belong to me. Nothing belonged to me.

The cry of the oppressed has entered not only into my ears, but into my soul, so that while I live, I cannot hold my peace.

As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. No ... eight days a week.

It is the mark of a gentleman to be moderate in the use of wine.

Drinking and driving is safer than either drinking or driving - and no one has ever died drinking, driving and juggling.

Decriminalizing bodies - this is a big and growing movement.

My weakness is sweets. I like bread pudding and cheesecake in particular.