Jewel Quotes

Your hands already know too much.

I will shrink myself no longer to make any human feel secure

We really become one — we might wear different clothes or have different sexual preferences or lifestyles than the person next to us, but really those are just details. The person inside is looking for the same thing as their neighbor — freedom, expression, acceptance, love.

What bends does not break.

When angered I ask myself, “If I removed my anger or hurt from this situation and acted out of love and unity — if I acted from my highest self — what would I do now?

I am not from here,
my hair smells of the wind
and is full of constellations
and I move about this world
with a healthy disbelief
and approach my days and my work
with vaporous consequence
a touch that is translucent
but can violate stone.

In the end only kindness matters

Meditation helped me to access the same thing my writing did: my intelligence and my instincts beyond the turmoil that inhabited the forefront of my mind.

While the women in Alaska certainly knew they were physically weaker than most men, it never meant they weren’t cleaver enough to find a way to get the job done

Another day, another dollar, another war, another tower Went up where the homeless had their homes So we pray to as many different gods as there are flowers But we call religion our friend We're so worried about savin' our souls Afraid that God will take His toll that we forget to begin, but Who will save your souls? When it comes to the beggars now Who will save your souls? After those lies that you told, boy And who will save your souls? If you won't save your own?

Feelings are the shadows of thoughts. When we have negative thoughts, our emotions mirror them with anxiety. You can often see what you are thinking by reverse engineering and studying your feelings.

My grandmother had pale hands
that looked like sturdy veins.
She wrote poetry, too, and sang.
Though she knew few lovers,
I hope here breasts were admired
as mine are
two silver deities
two shining steeples
giving testament to the sky. — And So to Receive You

The truth is that no one can keep you captive. No one can keep you unhappy. No one can keep you abused. Our lives rise to the level we accept.

But I wanted to figure out how to be a mom without having to figure out how to be a professional on top of it.

The successful parents I saw were able to redefine who they were and renegotiate their needs and roles as humans, parents, and partners.