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My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
We were raised to believe in books, music, and nature.
How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.
At our most primitive we are storytellers and dancers.
The truth is that progress is usually small and sneaky.
Never compare your insides to everyone else's outsides.
Sometimes it takes failure to figure out who you aren't.
Perfection is shallow, unreal, and fatally uninteresting.
When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down.
My family tends to be pretty alcoholic and drug-addicted.
Learning to love back is the hardest part of being alive.
Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath.
You must not inflict life on someone who will be resented.
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories.
Listen to your broccoli and it will tell you how to eat it.
My heart was broken and my head was just barely inhabitable
You can either practice being right or practice being kind.
But you don't always get what you want;,you get what you get
Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.
Small is how blessings, healing, progress and increase occur.
Mostly what happens in the novels never happened in real life.
Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation.
I went to church with my grandparents sometimes and I loved it.
But it was the singing that pulled me in and split me wide open.
Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises.
Your unconscious can't work when you are breathing down its neck.
Having a baby is like suddenly getting the world's worst roommate.
Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.
I can tell you that what you're looking for is already inside you.
I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.
Living on Earth has always been a dangerous way to spend your time.
Joy is the best makeup. But a little lipstick is a close runner-up.
Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.
You should not bring more items and hurdles to the obstacle course.
Publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is.
It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.
...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.
Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking.
When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
Rationality squeezes out much that is rich and juicy and fascinating.
If the present is really all we have, then the present lasts forever.
It's funny where we look for salvation, and where we actually find it.
You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town
I was the angriest daughter on earth, and also, one of the most devoted.
I'm here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.
Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb.