There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship-only backward. You try to start again but get into blaming over and over. Finally you are both worn out, exhausted, hopeless. Then lawyers are called in to pick clean the corpses. The death has occurred much earlier.

Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.

I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.

Every time women make tremendous strides, the right wing gets terrified and creates laws making it hard to get an abortion or birth control.

the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god’s messenger.

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.

I think a lot of people, when they read about a woman who acknowledges her sexuality and her feelings, get really scared. They say they want to be fearless, but in reality they're terrified. If they acknowledge their deepest feelings, they might have to change their lives.