In nature, nothing is perfect, and everything is perfect.  Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.

Alice Walker

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one “race” – the human race – and that we are all members of it.

Margaret Atwood.   

Transitions can only take place if we are willing to let go of what we have now, the worlds we have created, and our assumptions about “how things are.”  To let go is the precursor to being reborn.

Barbara A. Holmes

Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.

Jane Austen