I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

If you have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is to convince yourself that the person is subhuman. And won't mind the enslavement. The second thing you must do is convince your allies that the person is subhuman so that you have some support. But the third and the unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he, she, is not quite a first class citizen.

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves.

We are all human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.

Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.