“The language of love letters is the same as suicide notes.”

“I dont need any plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.”

“I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.”

“Time flies when you're falling down"...(not from a book, it's a lyric)”

“I used to do drugs, but don't tell anyone because it'll ruin my image.”

“Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani. She's the cheerleader, and I'm out in the smoker shed.”

“I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.”

“Understanding the Way of Story as a sacred pattern and a living event. Story can reveal a spiritual path and or the way to healing. Stories become the foundation of health, peacebuilding and vision...”

“Stories nurture our connection to place and to each other. They show us where we have been and where we can go. They remind us of how to be human, how to live alongside the other lives that animate...”

“One afternoon as I just gazed at the topmost branches of those immensely tall trees I began to notice that the uppermost twigs and leaves were lyrical happy dancers glad that they had been apportio...”