I am a strong believer in the ability of human beings to change for the better. I am a strong believer in trying to change what we are dissatisfied with.

This is our world, although the people who drew this map decided to put their own land on top of ours. There is no top or bottom, you see.

The only reason race matters is because of racism.

I like the U.S. and feel gratitude towards it.

All over the world, there are so many magazine articles and books telling women what to do, how to be and not to be, in order to attract or please men. There are far fewer guides for men about pleasing women.

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.

That her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window and looking out