He had heard her say, so many times, that a society that approved of making abortion illegal was a society that approved of violence against women; that making abortion illegal was simply a sanctimonious, self-righteous form of violence against women- it was just another way of legalizing violence against women, Nurse Caroline would say.

Because abortions are illegal, women who need and want them have no choice in the matter, and you-because you know how to perform them-have no choice, either

What has been violated here is your freedom of choice, and every woman's freedom of choice, too.

The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist.

When Jack Burns needed to hold his mother's hand, his fingers could see in the dark.

When time passes, it's the people who knew you whom you want to see; they're the ones you can talk to. When enough time passes, what's it matter what they did to you?

We are formed by what we desire