A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.

Occasionally, as children, we might figure out how to call somebody a name, and they would figure out how to call us. But it wasn't - it was so light. It was so fluffy. I didn't really have a strong awareness of segregation and the separation of races until I left Lorain, Ohio.

We read about how Ajax and Achilles will die for each other, but very little about the friendship of women.

Anything dead coming back to life hurts.

Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That's a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything.