Slow down, simplify and be kind.

I grew up in a family of secrets; there was a lot of pathology in the family.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around.

Your body hears everything your mind says.

Having worked as a labor and delivery nurse...I've seen ultrasounds...you know that those babies are real.

You only get to be a victim once. After that, you're a volunteer.

You're only a victim once. The next time you're an accomplice.

No one's born with their destiny stamped on their forehead ... we make the choices to fulfill our destiny.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around. Can't really fault the logic of that, unless you want to go down the dead end of course!

People always say 'They [teens] need a good talking to.' I've never agreed with that. A kid needs a good listening to.

Experience gives us the tests first and the lessons later.

Your little r changes the status of a single lady ‘Ms’ into a respectable lady ‘Mrs’. Man, you make the difference!

Life is not like a novel, but a novel can be like life. The best ones always are.

When I was young, I used to go to Baha'i camp, and they taught me a lot about the equality of religions.

I am the thought you are now thinking.

I started playing the piano from the age of three and I started teaching myself; we always had a piano round the house.

You can't stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh.

I feel like tiny bird with a big song!

Being alive is a common road. It's what we notice makes us different.

Stand up and walk out of your history

I was aiming for the cooks that I've talked to by teaching an online course and by traveling, listening to people who are really busy and harried but want to be cooking.