“For all that is good,For all that is ours,Thanks to the spirits,Thanks to the Powers! (blessing over a meal)”

“They open their wings, flash patterns and color, fly from flower toflower. I, with the dark brittles and many feet of the former form, inchalong the ground.Sometimes all I want is two armfuls of air, a fistful of sky.”

“But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' That was a gift. I understood it was power. The power to think my own thoughts. The power to believe in myself.”

“But there's a blessing in everything if we open our eyes.”

“It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once.”

“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!”

“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”