Resurrection does not simply spell the survival of the soul but requires the transformation of the world as we know it.

The Christian marginality of women has its roots in the patriarchal beginnings of the church and in the androcentrism of Christian revelation.

all theology knowingly or not is by definition always engaged for or against the oppressed.

Intellectual neutrality is not possible in a historical world of exploitation and oppression.

Not only is history written by the winners, it is also made by them.

Never allow any of your time to be wasted on the frivolities of life.

For though your mind is active enough, your heart is darkened with corruption, and without a pure heart there can be no full or genuine sensibility.

That’s how it felt – that the loss of him had a life of its own. I lived with it as I could have lived with him. Some nights it was quiet and sometimes it pounded on my door.

You are to me, what wind is to dry leaves.The reason for me to fall, the reason for me to fly.

Those who feel the pain of others are the most eligible for all joy of the world, unfortunately this rule is too corrupt.

I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta get me some of that!'

The name [Spooky] comes from well back in university I was doing a series of essays and writing about Sigmund Freud's idea of the uncanny and I was really intrigued by this idea of "The Unheimlich".

I've had my bubblegum years and I did them well. Now it's time to come back as the woman, artist, and musician that I am without apologizing.

Scandal has made wine and popcorn seem like a viable, even healthful, meal.

Perhaps by sharing my personal weight-loss journey on television, I can help others confront the truth and lies behind obesity.