Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.

The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

A divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there's less of you.