“So I watch her work and put all her energy, all her force, all herself, all is inside her work. Does she think that this is what life means? She goes to work in the dark and comes home when its dar...”

“Your mother wasnt upset. Scars stay with you so you dont forget, she said. She seemed almost satisfied.”

“Anger is essential if one is to survive this world. Its not just a degenerate emotion that destroys everything in its path. If it were so completely destructive, why would people of every religion ...”

“Can you lose your inborn talents? Can the gifts you come into this world with be taken away without your even noticing? Maybe its my fault for wanting always to stem the fires within me? Perhaps th...”

“Sometimes, when you are busy and children ask funny questions, you dont think so much. You just answer quickly so they will leave you alone. If you dont answer, they will just keep asking or they w...”

“I struggle to discover what these silent sons of mine want, but words have always failed me. They are sullen even as they tell me they are okay. I know they are lying but there is nothing I can do.”

“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 ...”

“Sometimes, insatiable curiosity and compassion are all that life requires of us.”

“Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.”

“If spectacle is lacking in everyday life, it may be because we have forgotten where and how to look.”

“Not everything needs to be said. The silences, the words that arent spoken, lead us to the questions we should be asking.”

“The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.”

“Why do I always have so many fucking questions in my head?”