Inability is often the mother of restriction, and restriction is the great mother of inventive performance.

Non-fiction is to theory as fiction is to experience.

One works hard to prop up an illusion that sucks the life out of them, and the other works hard to make their home a place that restores them, nurtures them, and gives life to others.

The why of murder always fascinates me so much more than the how.

Birth is about making mothers... strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength

When you have a lot of fake selves, most of the time it's because you haven't had parents around so you try to build characters to protect yourself.

When I say to you, sister-woman, 'You out of order', that isn't an attack on you. I know what I'm looking at. I'm looking at your life, and I see what's there.

I'm vain. My arms are thin, but I'm vain about loose flesh. And so I'm careful that what I wear will show off my best parts, which are my waist and my butt.

Tremble: your whole life is a rehearsal for the moment you are in now.

Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now.

I've got no problems with my age. I rejoice in the knowledge I have accrued and savor the greatest moments, because I know how fast it goes.