Feminism is really the right of women to be full human beings and to not be defined only by their childbearing function. Feminism is really the right of women to be human beings. That's it, yet that's so frightening to a lot of people. A full human being wants satisfying work and love. A full human being is entitled to both, and is not simply defined by only one aspect of her being.

In loving life you love what can't survive.

As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.

Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.

It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I started with poetry because it was direct, immediate, and short. It was the ecstasy of striking matches in the dark.