Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream.

You know, theres endorphins in laughter, as there are endorphins in running in the park.

A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold.

... any woman who accepts aloneness as the natural by-product of success is accepting a punishment for a crime she didn't commit. And she is not acknowledging one of the most precious lessons of the women's movement, the lessons of community ... We may not able to tell women that there is safety in freedom. But we certainly can say, with absolute certainty, that for free women, the only safety is in numbers.

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

There are those who think that the private lives of candidates are none of our business. But when those candidates ask us for our attention as they explain their plans for how they will represent us, no one should be surprised at our interest in how they represent themselves.

When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.