When I was little, I knew that I was not adopted, but I actually imagined and hoped that I was, and that my real parents were going to come get me. I was just too different from the rest of the family, so I lived in books and in my imagination.

I would say don't worry about what you should do, do whatever you can. And seek companions with shared values.

That's a huge fear for middle-class women. It's not so much a fear for poor women, because poor women have always assumed that they are going to have to support themselves. It's middle-class women who have this fantasy that somebody else is going to support them.

What would happen if we listened to children as much as we talked to them?

Feminism isn't whatever you want it to be.

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.

I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise.