Write as though your life depended on it.

They say you can tell a lot about a country by the way it treats its prisoners…I believe the same can be said for how a country treats its children

An educator...a good one that is, inspires others to be even better than herself.

I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.

Be the kind of grown up you needed as a child.

Most often it is in heartache that we love more boldly.

People say they walk on the shoulders of giants. True, but have you ever walked like one?

Be simple. Be direct. Be clear. Don't worry about being correct. Worry about being real.

Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful.  I don't care what it is. Create it.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

Education is not filling up a box but seeing what you can create with one and don't you ever forget that!

I really don’t think you should put your hand inside the manticore, dear. You don’t know where it’s been. —Enid Healy

The best time to seek God is when it's really hard to find the time because that's when we probably need Him the most.

Steady as a clock busy as a bee and cheerful as a cricket.

Promise is the capacity for letting people down.

People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.

It's impossible to imagine our planet without coral.

Even one billion Chinese do not a superpower make.

I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.

American citizens were targeted and nothing is going to be done about it.

The so-called literature of escape, with its growing popularity, is in part a revolt against the tyranny of clocks.