[On an epitaph for herself:] Under here, we're all equal.

Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability.

I have been the victim of many of the injustices that women who are my clients have had. That is how I understand how this is impacting their lives economically, psychologically, often physically. It's all personal. For me, if one woman is denied her rights, we're all being denied our rights.

I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or not.

Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.

The more I know about men the more I like dogs.

I was a single mother when my child was little.