But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.

For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. That the speaking profits me, beyond any other effect....what I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid? ...Death on the other hand, is the final silence...my silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.

Self-care is not about self-indulgence , it is about self-preservati on.