we expect definitions to tell us not only what is, but what to do about it; to show us how the world fits together and how its different parts connect and work. ... A label is the first step toward action.

Individual advances turn into social change when enough of them occur.

We are in a double bind. We are expected to feel inferior not only as women, but because we are old.

The greatest barrier to women's advance in the public world of action has been their acquiescence in the idea that they don't belong out there.

Poets are the leaven in the lump of civilization.

Humor is an antidote to isolation.

Sex cannot be contained within a definition of physical pleasure, it cannot be understood as merely itself for it has stood for too long as a profound connection between human beings.