Generations of women have sacrificed their lives to become their mothers. But we do not have that luxury any more. The world has changed too much to let us have the lives our mothers had. And we can no longer afford the guilt we feel at not being our mothers. We cannot afford any guilt that pulls us back to the past. We have to grow up, whether we want to or not. We have to stop blaming men and mothers and seize every second of our lives with passion. We can no longer afford to waste our creativity. We cannot afford spiritual laziness.

It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.

The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton's first law of jealousy.

Sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities.

I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.

Being a daughter is only half the equation; bearing one is the other.

A baby's mother also needs a mother.