“The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.”

“there's something wrong with any art that makes a woman all bust”

“I have been loved," she said, "by something strange, and it has forgotten me.”

“He knew at the same time that this stricture of acceptance (by which what we must love is made into what we can love) would eventually be a part of himself”

“To think is to be sick...”

“None of us suffers as much as we should, or loves as much as we say. Love is the first lie; wisdom the last.”

“A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children”

“The ideal-worker standard and norm of work devotion push mothers to the margins of economic life. And a society that marginalizes its mothers impoverishes its children. That is why the paradigmatic...”

“When God Created Mothers"When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And ...”

“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.”

“Men work together,' I told him from the heart,'Whether they work together or apart.”

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”

“I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.”

“You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.”

“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”