“A Book is like a child to an author. When it goes out into the world, we do not know how it will be received, or how we will be changed through it. Also as every mother and involved father knows, worlds of people open up through one’s child.“
“This is mothers’ agenda: clean air to breathe, safe water to drink, nourishing food, universal education and access to excellent health care, where all have opportunities to develop intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually, where there is compassion and justice, and no one lives in fear of abuse or violence or war.“
“Our lives are short, time passes quickly, and we will have our share of suffering and joy. Time, place, skin color, and gender will greatly affect the expectations, opportunities, and limitations placed on us. And yet, if we have a soul, then what we do here in the time we have matters.“