A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.

I think sometimes as an adult, you take people for what they do, and what they are now, instead of the whole picture of their lives.

I know a lot about women and their suffering, but I still know almost nothing about men.

I think all women have a friend who at some point dumped them or betrayed them or deeply disappointed them. And at the same time all women have a friend who they dumped or betrayed or hurt in some way. That's universal in women's friendships.

I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.

Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want.

And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age.