If You Are Connected To Your Own

Political Change And Academic Change And Intellectual Change Are Obviously Crucial, But They Don't Necessarily Change Society. They Can Change A Particular Class And Give Everybody In That Class Great Arguments, But That Doesn't Necessarily Translate Into The Body Of The Culture.

Why Don't We Teach Sex The Way We Teach Math Or History? It Is Such A Deeply Crucial And Healing Part Of Life And We Offer No Road Map. I Think It Is Core To Ending Violence.

I Live With That Contradiction Daily. It Is A Constant Struggle. I Struggle Very Deeply. I Don't Think I've Said This To Anyone, But I've Wondered If I Just Want To Give Up This World And Live In The Congo And Just Be There. But I Don't Think That's What They Need From Me.

Our Bodies Are Critical. If I Learned Anything From Getting Really Bad Cancer Seven Years Ago, It's That Your Body Is What You've Got. If You Don't Take Care Of It, You're Not Going To Be Here.

I Came Out Of The Nine-hour Surgery And I Had Tubes In Every Direction, And Those Nurses At The Mayo Clinic, I Could Cry For Four Days At The Kindness Of Those Nurses. The Care, The Detail Of The Care, The Attention That Just Never Wavered, Never Complained. The Love.