Hatred is the ballast of the rock which lies upon our necks and underfoot.

When you know you are of worth, you don't have to raise your voice, you don't have to become rude, you don't have to become vulgar; you just are. And you are like the sky is, as the air is, the same way water is wet. It doesn't have to protest.

Don't let the man bring you down.

I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side.

If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

And I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?"

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!