“Sidetracked women, who scatter their energies to the four winds, never achieve serenity. (Nervous breakdowns, to be sure, but not serenity.) It’s as simple as that.”
― Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy
― Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy
“It took me 42 years to write this song, and 5 minutes to sing it."
[On The Heart of the Matter, during the Eagles' Hell Freezes Over tour.]”
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[On The Heart of the Matter, during the Eagles' Hell Freezes Over tour.]”
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“Stories are able to help us to become more whole, to become Named. And Naming is one of the impulses behind all art; to give a name to the cosmos, we see despite all the chaos.”
― Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
― Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
“You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written — behind your silence and your suffering.”
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“I have also long held the belief that one's tears are a guide, that when something makes you cry, it means something. If we pay attention to our tears, they'll show us something about ourselves”
― Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes
― Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes
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