When our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.

What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.

When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate biological pattern of the female has become a model for the…

We women are doing pretty well. We're almost back to where we were in the twenties. (1976)

I think that one may contribute (ever so slightly) to the beauty of things by making one's own life and environment beautiful, as far as one's power reaches.Th…

It's... a transcendental act. Making life. I thought about that when I was carrying Miles. 'By this act, I bring one death into the world.' One birth, one deat…

And oft-times cometh our wise Lord God, master of every trade, And tells them tales of His daily toil, of Edens newly made; And they rise to their feet as He p…