The dread of futility has been my life-long plague.

Have a purpose to your life: Purpose does not mean having a job...You can have a job and still be unfulfilled.

It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.

We can see, from California to New York, from Maine to Florida, Seattle to New Mexico - everywhere there are women's groups. Everywhere there are women who have gotten together to examine global warming, and women who have gotten together to prepare each other for single parenting - there are women who have come together to be supportive to those whose mates are in prison, male or female, partners are in prison. All sorts of gatherings of women. I mean, I'm just celebrating my 80th year on this planet, and I look back 50 years ago and there was nothing like that.

No not me go find someone else to bring down

I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.

The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.