Sometimes we drug ourselves with dreams of new ideasl The head will save us. The brain alone will set us free. But there are no new ideas waiting in the wings to save us as women, as human. There are only old and forgotten ones, new combinations, extrapolations and recognitions from within ourselves--along with the renewed courage to try them out.

Divide and conquer must become define and empower.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

Afraid is a country with no exit visas.

I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there

Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.

You'd better name yourself, because, if you don't others will do it for you.