“Let’s be gentle with ourselves and each other and fierce as we fight oppression.”

“Power is not a matter of one dominant individual or institutions, but instead manifests in interconnected, contradictory sites where regimes of knowledge and practice circulate and take hold. This way of understanding the dispersion of power helps us realize that power is not simply about certain individuals being targeted for death or exclusion by a ruler, but instead about the creation of norms that distribute vulnerability and security.”

“The point for me is to create relationships based on deeper and more real notions of trust. So that love becomes defined not by sexual exclusivity, but by actual respect, concern, commitment to act with kind intentions, accountability for our actions, and a desire for mutual growth.”

“Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.”

“Think, Travel, Celebrate, Charm, Decorate, Dress, Live - colorfully”

“Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)”

“In each little life, we can see great truth and beauty, and in each little life we glimpse the way of all things in the universe. If we alow ourselves to be enchanted by the beauty of the ordinary, we begin to see that all things extraordinary. ”