Vicki Goodman

“I think about following her, but I want to give Zoe a minute alone with her mother. I want them to have the shift and redistribution of their relationship that I never got to have with my own mom, that acrobatic feat of love where everything is turned upside down and yet they are both still able to keep their balance.”
― Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home

“Mother’s Day is coming up soon. If you’re lucky enough to still have your mother, tell her you’re grateful to her […] at some point, we must forgive each other for being flawed human beings. Many of us have trouble putting love or gratitude into words, but keep in mind that out actions always reveal our feelings. Always.”
― Cassandra King, The Same Sweet Girls' Guide to Life: Advice from a Failed Southern Belle

“Beware the religion that turns you against another one. It's unlikely that it's really religion at all.”
― Joan D. Chittister, God Speaks in Many Tongues: Meditate with Joan Chittister

“Silence is a frightening thing. Silences leaves us at the mercy of the noise within us. We hear the fears that need to be faced. We hear, then, the angers that need to be cooled. We hear the emptiness that needs to be filled. We hear the cries for humility and reconciliation and centeredness. We hear ambition and arrogance and attitudes of uncaring awash in the shallows of the soul. Silence demands answers. Silence invites us to depth. Silence heals what hoarding and running will not touch.”
― Joan D. Chittister, Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today