I was so devastated by my second divorce that I had a nervous breakdown.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

I find that arduous physical labor can jump-start my thought process.

I see many more men who are feminist, or at least who have learned about life in the context of feminism.

Someone once said that under the bell jar of compliance, the only thing that blooms is rage.

Who am I? I'm a survivor. I'm a woman with tremendous inner resources and resilience. I care about people. I believe in 'Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,' and I live by that. I am becoming authentic, and that's important to me. I have surpassed both my parents in terms of emotional stability, happiness and well-being. And I'm a lucky woman. I've deserved my luck.

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.