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

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.

I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.

Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.

We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we've done it.