The same big TV antenna dwarfed each roof, as though life here could only be bearable if lived elsewhere in the imagination.

Inner space is the real frontier.

You have no choice but to live in the present, if you're really being open to events and people as they come along.

A portable friend to all readers-especia lly but not only women-who need to learn that the Golden Rule works only if it's reversible: We must learn to treat ourselves as well as we wish to treat others.

There is no such thing as a crime of passion, only a crime of possession.

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.

The power of the state stops at our skins. They can't restrict contraception [or] abortion. They can't take our kidneys. Bodily integrity is a principle.