When I look at my life I realise that the mistakes I have made, the things I really regret, were not errors of judgement but failures of feeling.

Earth is ancient now, but all knowledge is stored up in her. She keeps a record of everything that has happened since time began. Of time before time, she says little, and in a language that no one has yet understood. Through time, her secret codes have gradually been broken. Her mud and lava is a message from the past. Of time to come, she says much, but who listens?

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

The free man never thinks of escape.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I realised something important: whatever is on the outside can be taken away at any time. Only what is inside you is safe.

I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject.