There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress. The majority consciousness has changed, and often that has made very clear, practical changes in our daily lives, but the centers of power are still not occupied, for the most part, by this new consciousness.

I think if we could raise one generation of kids without violence and shaming, we don't know what might be possible.

A person who has experienced something is almost always far more expert on it than are the experts.

Whoever has power takes over the noun - and the norm - while the less powerful get an adjective.

The deepest change begins with men raising children as much as women do and women being equal actors in the world outside the home.

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.

You may very well fall in love with somebody who makes less money, who's younger than you, who weighs less than you.