the most revolutionary act for a woman will be a self-willed journey — and to be welcomed when she comes home. - Gloria Steinem

It also reminds me of an organizing principle: Anybody who is experiencing something is more expert in it than the experts.

Unlike the Jester and the Clown, who are at the bottom of a hierarchical pile and survive only by making the king laugh, the Trickster is free, a paradox, a breaker of boundaries who makes us laugh — and laughter lets the sacred in. In Native spiritualities, there is often a belief that we cannot pray unless we’ve laughed.

Don't write when you're angry and under deadline, with time to test it only on friends who know what you mean, not on strangers who don't.