Oppression is as American as apple pie.

Every woman I have ever known has made a lasting impression on my soul.

Poetry is not a luxury.

The speaking will get easier and easier. And you will find you have fallen in love with your own vision, which you may never have realized you had. And you will lose some friends and lovers, and realize you don't miss them. And new ones will find you and cherish you. And at last you'll know with surpassing certainty that only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.

Without community, there is no liberation.

Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.

You will never be able to defend your city while shouting.