It's okay to be afraid, it means you have something to live for.

You are a woman, let them see your fire

A loving mother makes sacrifices for peace and laughter to reign in her home and family.

You cannot contain evil by shaming it, or making people feel guilty, but only by revealing it toward it is, and then seeing the good as better.

Architecture is politics.

I just really love people a lot. I really love them.

Surgery is a complicated thing to talk about, but I guess it could also be a dangerous thing to play with if you're not very secure about what you're doing.

Your social networks may matter more than your genetic networks. But if your friends have healthy habits you are more likely to as well. So get healthy friends.

She is not a writer at all, really; she is merely a gifted eccentric.

All the truth in the world is held in stories.

When your love contracts in anger, the atmosphere itself feels threatening. But when you’re expansive, no matter what the weather, you’re in an open, windy field with friends.

Down in the bottom of my childhood my father stands laughing.