pragmatist that I am, I always meet necessity with enthusiasm.

When women have reclaimed their voices and men reclaimed their hearts, we won't be invading countries, we won't be feeling that we have the right to launch preemptive wars.

If you can intervene early in the lives of girls here and in other parts of the world, you can begin to change the prospects for the future.

We grow up being told, "Be a good girl." When you're told to be good, you have to get rid of whatever is bad.

Beware of men who use words that relate pejoratively to females when describing the 'other side.

Being by myself, that is to say, without a man - it's been a long time - is allowing me to know what it feels like - to live in my own skin, to remember what I miss and don't miss about a relationship.

Consistency can be a trap, especially if it leads to being consistently wrong rather than to stopping, admitting your mistake, and changing course.