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"Love deep is inexhaustible like a vast ocean."
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"I feel it most in my work, because there aren't roles about women who are spiritually evolving. That anyone would even write something like that, something that's worth doing, would be a miracle!"
"When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin."
"I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness."
"I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do."
"When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary."
"My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am."
"Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work."
"Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth."
"I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk."
"The rest of us are still trying to find ways to live in the world with spirit-ual values. Myself included. We've learned certain skills, we've learned to prevail somewhat, but we've not made it over the mountain."
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