It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.

Normal" isn't an adjective you wish to hear after putting that much effort into making sure it was spectacular.

I didn't understand that playing roles in any relationship is false and will inevitably lead to the relationship's collapse. No one can be any one thing all the time.

Every animal has its own intelligence and sensitivities. They're all lovely, worthwhile, and deserving of our respect.

I was trying to find a reason for having had to escape from the place that was my home. To convince myself of my choices, I had to make it a place that everyone should want to escape from.

Women in the postfeminist era, while supposedly strong and commanding and equal to men in every sense, looked weaker and smaller than ever before.

I was very sexual from a very young age.