You completely unscatter me, and I appreciate that too much.
The ocean and I have many pebbles To find and wash off and roll into shape.
Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music.
The Way It Is There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can’t get lost. Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die; and you suffer and get old. Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding. You don’t ever let go of the thread. ~ William Stafford ~
Please think about this as you go on. Breathe on the world. Hold out your hands to it. When morning and evenings roll along, watch how they open and close, how they invite you to the long party that your life is.
The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying the things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing the things you do not have to hear dulls your hearing. And the things you know before you hear them; these are you and the reason you are in the world.
I heard a bird congratulating itself all day for being a jay. Nobody cared. But it was glad all over again, and said so, again.
The essence of our whole path is in that place of discomfort, and what do we do with it?
Being a woman is a very powerful thing, I think, and you don't want to abuse that.
A lot of people can raise money.
We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do.