She has seen him fight his own brutal nature, and the Earth itself, in order to be the parent she needs. He has helped her learn to love herself for what she is.

I think, ' Hoa says slowly, 'that if you love someone, you don't get to choose how they love you back.

Because that is how one survives eternity, ” I say, “or even a few years. Friends. Family. Moving with them. Moving forward.

But for a society build on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.

How can we prepare for the future if we won’t acknowledge the past?

I would walk the way and accept the risks I have counted, rather accepting my failure.

You are created with a purpose

You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.

If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen."

That's a big goal of mine, to try and grow as much of my own food as possible

The great doing of little things, makes the great life.

As a lifelong Oregonian, I prefer our forests green, not black.

Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to deal with them in real life.

She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one.