Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

Abortion, for many women, is more than an experience of suffering beyond anything most men will ever know, it is an act of mercy, and an act of self-defense.

Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi.

Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students to love it, also.

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.

Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.