“I could feel a deep connection to Spirit in every glorious sunset and awesome wonder in every uncurling flower, but I couldnt feel anything like that in the hollow words of men gone by.”

“There's something about water that washes away the cares of the mind and heart.”

“The beauty that lies hidden, makes my soul tremble with awe.”

“I am giving birth. I am midwife to myself. Now is a new life full of possibilities. I must be strong like a child.”

“In poetry we pare down our thoughts into their most graceful shapes, like minimalist sculptures.”

“Words drop from my lips spiraling downward; they land scattered on your ears. I spoke them green and golden, but you turned them shriveled brown.”

“The job of reflection is to add a dimension of fable to the reality!”

“You can't compare men or women with mental disorders to the normal expectations of men and women in without mental orders. Your dealing with symptoms and until you understand that you will always t...”

“Vulnerability creates unimaginable space to build each other up, as much as it creates ample room to tear each other down.”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“They say a good love is one that sits you down, gives you a drink of water, and pats you on top of the head. But I say a good love is one that casts you into the wind, sets you ablaze, makes you bu...”

“In my work with hundreds of women over the past few years a theme has emerged: womens desperate, unquenchable desire to step into their power, countered by the fear of what will happen if they do. ...”

“the intensityin your eyesburns my penas i write.”