If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can & there is nothing more to it than that.

Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.

I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.

Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.

Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life.

I hope someday you see this is all life wants: for you to be your own kind of beautiful & not the kind that makes you forget who you are.

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.

There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.

If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.

I've always like the time before dawn because there's no one around to remind me who I'm supposed to be, so it's easier to remember who I am.

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.

There is no code among men because there are no men anymore. Only monsters who sit behind their desks and give orders.

Never make permanent eternal decisions based on sense knowledge.

The only "right" answer is one that can be questioned.

Children have more need of models than of critics.

That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.

Our approach [to global security] has changed by the way we've elevated development. The biggest lesson is to recognize global responsibility.

Whatever happened to the good old days: you know, dirty attics, tuberculosis and general all-round suffering?

Male aggression and lust are the energizing factors in culture. They are men's tools of survival in the pagan vastness of female nature.

The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before his poisonous death-dealing venom will be wiped out.

A woman uses about 20,000 words per day while a man uses about 7,000.