Trying to understand the fear I had of truly opening my heart - first, you have to be whole to do that. The fears, the voices in my mind saying, "Oh, you don't want to do that, you might get hurt, they might abandon you - "those are ghost voices from my mom and dad.

When you're told to be good, you have to get rid of whatever is bad. I sure identify with that.

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.

This toxic striving for perfection is a female thing. How many men obsess about being perfect? For men, generally, good enough is good enough.

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

The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750,000 girls per year.

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.