Address things now that could otherwise turn into regrets.

When a significant other - a spouse, a parent or someone you're close to - is dying, it forces you to think about your life, about what you feel about death. What I realized from my dad's dying was that I wasn't scared of dying. But I was terrified of regrets. I was terrified of getting to the end of my life with a lot of Why didn't I's.

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

As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young.

I am not a do-gooder. I am a revolutionary. A revolutionary woman.

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.

I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on.