"Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between 'That doesn't make sense' and 'I don't understand." - Mary Doria Russell, Children of God

We must never seek to establish a rule so rigid as to leave no room for exception. - Children of God, Mary Doria Russell. Quote by St. Ignatius

Simple Advice

I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. - Anna Quindlen

"Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work." - Anna Quindlen

Change can be for the better or for the worse, but not changing, when it contradicts a person's beliefs, is always bad. - I wrote this in a paper once. It sticks with me. 

"The beginning of change is the moment of doubt." - Doubt, Shanley

Uniting Through Grief

"The closest bonds we will ever know are the bonds of grief." - McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses

I think of September 11th. I think of the way communities, large and small, unite and come together in times of difficulty and tragedy.

"Poetry is what's left after the ball is over."

"The slow hard toil of getting all the lovely words just right." - James Branch Cabell

"Let us show them the meaning of haste." - Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring