The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are. Votes: 13
There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time. Votes: 0
My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog. Votes: 0
I think Jesus is divine love manifest on Earth, as it comes through the community of Christians. Votes: 0
Laughter is carbonated holiness." Votes: 0
I've given guys blow jobs just because I've run out of things to talk about.' Oh, Rae. Who hasn't Votes: 0
I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae. Votes: 0
I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a genre these days. Votes: 0
Joy is the best makeup. Votes: 0
After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid. Votes: 0
Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend. Votes: 0
Peace is joy at rest. Joy is peace on its feet. quoting her pastor in Salon, April 25, 2003 Votes: 0
Laughter is carbonated holiness. Votes: 0
Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. Votes: 0
Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down. Votes: 0
I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us. Votes: 0
I like to read away as much of the afternoon as possible, until real life rears its ugly head. Votes: 0
I'm human, you're human, let me greet your humanness. Let's be people together for a while. Votes: 0
When we agree to being part of something bigger than our own wired, fixated minds, we are saved. Votes: 0
I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me. Votes: 0
If you have a body, you are entitled to the full range of feelings. It comes with the package. Votes: 0
No" is a complete sentence. Votes: 0
What an incredible drug fear is. Votes: 0
Hope begins in the dark. Votes: 0
...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much. Votes: 0
It's a great time to be alive. Votes: 0
It's so great to be able to make people laugh, because this is so often how we get our selves back. Votes: 0
I don't think you have time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won't be good at it. Votes: 0
Where do we even start on the daily walk of restoration and awakening? We start where we are. Votes: 0
One line of dialogue that rings true reveals character in a way that pages of description can't. Votes: 0
My best teachers were mess, failure, death, mistakes, and the people I hated, including myself. Votes: 0
For twenty years I have ached to go back home, when there was nobody there to whom I could return. Votes: 0
Write as if your parents are dead. Votes: 0
Iâm probably just as good a mother as the next repressed, obsessive-compulsive paranoiac. Votes: 0
I am all the ages I've ever been. Votes: 0
She lived in fear of ifonic endings. Votes: 0
Everything takes me forever. It's all lurch, flail. I hope that is good news to you writers. Votes: 0
All freedom comes from discipline. Votes: 0
...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. Votes: 0