Isn’t it tragic that sometimes it takes grief to understand what we have held so dear?

There is uncertainty in hope, but even with its tenuous nature, it summons our strength and pulls us through fear and grief— and even death.

It’s like saying you’re fixed in the past, and you’re running out of time. Every moment is only the beginning of something new

Mothers always worry. There’s no off switch.

You know that song, 'Woodstock.' It says 'We are stardust.' And we are. We come from stardust. Everything on earth is just ashes.

I don't understand your book. Isn't every book a book of words?

Sometimes you just gotta hope for the hope of having hope some day.

Relationships we complain about nevertheless keep us connected to life.

The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.

He runs like a camel. A really pissed off camel.

The essence of community, its heart and soul, is the non-monetary exchange of value; things we do and share because we care for others, and for the good of the place.

Your instinct is your true god. Follow it.

I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.

Awareness without emotion is a flame without fuel.

Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown.