Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

I feel about mothers the way I feel about dimples: because I do not have one myself, I notice everyone who does.

Control is a big issue when you're sick. It's the first thing you lose - other losses come later.

Apathy is the self-defense of the powerless.

Children's liberation is the next item on our civil rights shopping list.

If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable - each segment distinct.

What I often say to people who are quick to say I’m not a feminist is if you think you’re not a feminist, give it all back.