“Not everything is meant for all to hear.”

“Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.”

“Most of all, differences of opinion are opportunities for learning.”

“And all your Faithless doubts Will not destroy The rising spring In me.”

“If you take away all the prairie dogs, there will be no one to cry for the rain.”

“The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves.”

“It is not possible to satisfy women," a friend said. "We are disturbed if we have children too young. Disturbed if we have then later. Disturbed if we don't have children at all.”