There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the pain we encounter.

I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.

There's a difference between Vaselining the rapee and catching the rapist.

Unless you are political or intellectual, events like the Depression are seen as personal events. We thought of the Depression as something that made the pipes freeze; we thought it hit us because Daddy didn't move his taxi stand and because he broke his hip. It was only later I found out it was a national phenomenon.

When a system of oppression has become institutionaliz ed it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive

Prostitutes don't sell their bodies, they rent their bodies. Housewives sell their bodies when they get married.

It's interesting to speculate how it developed that in two of the most anti-feminist institutions, the church and the law court, the men are wearing the dresses.