We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole

I am still baffled by those who feel that criticizing America is unpatriotic, a view increasingly being adopted in the United States since 9/11 as an excuse to render suspect what has always been an American right. An active, brave, outspoken (and heard) citizenry is essential to a healthy democracy.

I think the Internet and technology in general has changed everything. We can see it overseas even more with the Arab Spring and so forth.

In my marriages, I'd lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.

I am convinced that we become what we do.

If you allow yourself, you can become stronger in the very places that you've been broken.

My identity depended on men for so long. You can be successful and still have the feeling that if you're not with a man you don't exist.