Sometimes I ask myself whether [Indira Gandhi] had, even then, a certain contempt for the system she represented and, years later, would overthrow.

It brought back to mind the injustice I spoke of, the solitude that oppresses women intent on defending their own destinies, their own dreams, their own mistakes.

I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion.

I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.

When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.

Life is such an effort, Child. It's a war that is renewed each day, and its moments of joy are brief parentheses for which you pay a cruel price.

I no longer have the energy to get really angry, like I used to.