The most important thing is to DARE.

I've never had a dislike for men. I've been badly treated by some. But I've been loved greatly by some. I married a lot of them.

The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.

You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.

Sunday, if I'm lucky, I'll go to church or listen to some good spiritual advice on the television or on the radio. I take three or four baths to try to cleanse myself, so I'm fresh for Monday.

I’m grateful for being here, for being able to think, for being able to see, for being able to taste, for appreciating love – for knowing that it exists in a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, and yet love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.

A woman needs someone she can trust, someone who laughs when she laughs, but who has different ideas so she can learn from and teach to them. She needs someone who will stand up with her and encourage her to be a woman-not just a female. See where you are, admit what you know, and what you need, and search for a sister friend.