The protected place in space and time that we once called childhood has grown shorter.

When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our pain and that of others.

Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup.

Girls have long been evaluated on the basis of appearance and caught in myriad double binds: achieve, but not too much, be polite,but be yourself, be feminine and adult; be aware of our cultural heritage, but don't comment on the sexism. . . . Girls are trained to be less than who they really are. They are trained to be what the culture wants of its young women, not what they themselves want to become.

The protected place in space and time that we once called childhood has grown shorter.

In all the years I've been a therapist, I've yet to meet one girl who likes her body.

All feelings are acceptable, but all behavior isn't.