Secrets find a way out in sleep . . . It is the place where there is no pretense.

Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same.

If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.

The intellectual tradition of the West is very individualistic. It's not community-based. The intellectual is often thought of as a person who is alone and cut off from the world. So I have had to practice being willing to leave the space of my study to be in community, to work in community, and to be changed by community.

The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution.

I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society — because once you marry within a society that remains patriarchal, no matter how alternative you want to be within your unit, there is still a culture outside you that will impose many, many values on you whether you want them to or not.

Sadly, anarchy has gotten such a bad name. We don't really see much evidence of it because people associate it with reckless abandon.