Hungry Ears Are Sharp Ones.

My Mom Was Paranoid About My Safety.

I Discovered That The Horse Is Life Itself, A Metaphor But Also An Example Of Life's Mystery And Unpredictability, Of Life's Generosity And Beauty, A Worthy Object Of Repeated And Ever Changing Contemplation.

Fascination With Horses Predated Every Other Single Thing I Knew. Before I Was A Mother, Before I Was A Writer, Before I Knew The Facts Of Life, Before I Was A Schoolgirl, Before I Learned To Read, I Wanted A Horse.

The Body, The Mind, And The Spirit Don't Form A Pyramid, They Form A Circle. Each Of Them Runs Into The Other Two. The Body Isn't Below The Mind And The Spirit; From The Point Of View It's Between Them. If You Reside Too Much In The Mind, Then You Get Too Abstract And Cut Off From The World. You Long For The Spiritual Life, But You Can't Get To It, And You Fall Into Despair. The Exercise Of The Senses Frees You From Abstraction And Opens The Way To Transcendence.

When 'the Awakening' Was Published It Was Considered So Scandalous It Was Banned In The Author's Home-town Library, And She Herself Was Barred From The Fine Arts Club In The Same City. What The Novel Has To Offer, Among Other Things, Is Honesty.