Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.

Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country.

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses.

Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death.

For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.

The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!