When the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on.
Gloria SteinemI have always employed humor, and I think it's absolutely crucial that we do because, among other things, humor is the only free emotion.
Gloria SteinemChildren who have been very sadistically abused over the long-term are able to dissociate, some of them are able to dissociate as a way of surviving and inventing someone to whom this doesn't happen. And so therefore, they invent within themselves different personalities who have life histories of their own. Many people invent an opposite gender personality as well.
Gloria Steinem