“What is the most important thing one learns in school? Self-esteem, support, and friendship.”

“I have found what I need most to heal a broken bond is time together—the very thing I avoid is the thing most desired.”

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

“Storytelling awakens us to that which is real. Honest. . . . it transcends the individual. . . . Those things that are most personal are most general, and are, in turn, most trusted. Stories bind. . . . They are basic to who we are.A story composite personality which grows out of its community. It maintains a stability within that community, providing common knowledge as to how things are, how things should be -- knowledge based on experience. These stories become the conscience of the group. They belong to everyone.”

“There becomes little doubt as to why power chooses to support power. Rwanda becomes invisible once again. We have nothing America wants.”

“The sin we commit against each other as women is lack of support. We hurt. We hurt each other. We hide. We project. We become mute or duplicitous, and we fester like boiling water until one day we erupt like a geyser. Do we forget we unravel in grief?”

“We are wearing coats of trust. When one tells a story this is what happens.”