each of us only feels the torn lining of his own coat and sees the wholeness of the other person's.

I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.

A baby's mother also needs a mother.

I was always a feminist. My mother was a feminist; my grandmother was a feminist. I always understood women had to fight very hard to do what they wanted to do in the world - that it wasn't an easy choice. But I think the most important part is that we all want the right to be taken seriously as human beings, and to use our talents without reservation, and that's still not possible for women.

The soul is awakened through service.

Turning fifty ... is like flying: hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.