What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.

To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return.

I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.

Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

For it is precisely because certain groups have no representation in a number of recognized political structures that their position tends to be so stable, their oppression so continuous.

My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.

The worst part about prostitution is that you're obliged not to sell sex only, but your humanity. That's the worst part of it: that what you're selling is your human dignity. Not really so much in bed, but in accepting the agreement - in becoming a bought person.