One of our biggest problems in terms of effectiveness is that we have hopes, but our opposition has interests. We measure everything against our hopes, including politicians that we are voting for or choosing amongst. We don't measure up to our hopes ourselves.

It is true for me, as for so many countless others, that librarians saved my life, my internal life.

Of course, we can change. We're very adaptable. But it takes a while.

Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.

There is no such thing as Superwoman. You cant have everything if you do everything.

I'm more often confronted by women who come from religious traditions and don't feel that they have a place in the feminist movement. I've felt pressure when reporters asked me, "Do you believe in God?" I do say, "No. I believe in people."

... anything a powerful group has is perceived as good, no matter what it is, and anything a less powerful group has is not so good, no matter how intrinsically great it might be.