The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
My grandchildren are fabulous and funny.
I am never so calm as after I have written. And the next morning I will feel the familiar anxiety and I will have to begin the process all over again.