What shames us, what we most fear to tell, does not set us apart from others; it binds us together if only we can take the risk to speak it.

The Goddess does not rule the world; She is the world. Manifest in each of us, She can be known internally by every individual, in all her magnificent diversity.

Solidarity is based on the principle that we are willing to put ourselves at risk to protect each other.

The Goddess does not rule the world; She is the world.

To work magic is to weave the unseen forces into form; to soar beyond sight; to explore the uncharted dream realm of the hidden reality.

Earth Mother, you who are called by a thousand names. May all remember we are cells in your body and dance together.

The long sleep of Mother Goddess is ended. May She awaken in each of our hearts - Merry meet, merry part, and blessed be.

Beware of organizations that proclaim their devotion to the light without embracing, bowing to the dark; for when they idealize half the world they must devalue the rest.

Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions.

Energy moves in cycles, circles, spirals, vortexes, whirls, pulsations, waves, and rhythms—rarely if ever in simple straight lines.

Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free.

Those who are truly beautiful go out of their way to make life beautiful for others.

Joss's ears perked up. He loved libraries. Nowhere else in the world felt so safe and homey. Nowhere else smelled like books and dust and happy solitude quite like a library did.

I feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment.

I think we need to get back to truth-based news. It won't be easy, but we better do it because otherwise we're not acting on information.

Studies show that when we vocalize an opinion, whether or not we believe it to be true, in time we usually come to support it.

Characteristics cling to families.

I don't feel like I've got all that much too important to say on the kind of big national issues.

Prayer is not adult letters written to Santa Claus, and God is not some parent-like figure up in the sky who's going to take care of us.

Kid, you might just annoy me into killing you.

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes; what they want is to see you fall.