“Great change doesn't come with official endorsement.”

“Instead of a book, what if we're actually writing (or not writing) in the margins of our lives? What if our lives are books? What is the sign of our presence? Are we pressing into the margins our interpretations and questions? Are we circling offending verbs and drawing furious arrows to the margin where we scrawl "irony," "frustration," "voiceless," "unfair!" Or do we simply turn the pages, passively receiving what's given, furiously disagreeing but remaining silent about it?”

“If I stop judging other people, I free myself from being judged, and I can dance!”

“Being generous often consists of simply extending a hand. That's hard to do if you are grasping tightly to your righteousness, your belief system, your superiority, your assumptions about others, your definition of normal.”

“Equip yourself for your own needs.”

“We give up our power to the very people who took it away from us in the first place.”

“Watch other people for clues about who they are, not just clues about how much they are or are not like you.”