“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.”
― When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
― When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
“Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.”
― The Little Minister
― The Little Minister
“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.”
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“The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late.”
― Reasons to Be Pretty
― Reasons to Be Pretty
“Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter mirrors the depth of their loneliness, and they are capable of laughing like hyenas. When something touches their emotions, it runs through them like Paul Revere, awakening feelings that gather into great armies.”
― Winter's Tale
― Winter's Tale
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