A toy has no gender and no idea of whether a girl or boy is playing with it.

If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force?

We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.

We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters' lengthening flight.

Boys don't make passes at female smart asses.

If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable - each segment distinct.

If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles.

If knowledge is power, clandestine knowledge is power squared; it can be withheld, exchanged, and leveraged.

Friends can be said to "fall in like" with as profound a thud as romantic partners fall in love.

No labourer in the world is expected to work for room, board, and love -except the housewife.

I used to anticipate my childhood birthday parties as if each were an annual coronation. Like most kids, I loved sitting at the head of the table with a crown on my head.

The shoddy work of despair, the pointless work of pride, equally betray Creation. They are wastes of life.

There is no force in the world better able to alter anything from its course than love.

Love is active, not passive. It is our love for one another, for Mother Earth, for our fellow creatures that compels us to act on their behalf.

I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.

I do my best to love everybody

While sexism hurts women most intimately, it also damages men severely.

People still look at me as the champion and that's very important to me.

In prison, illusions can offer comfort.

I feel anger and I feel understanding. It's a difficult position to be in.

I'm a fan of things I can get done fast! It feels awesome because it heats up in your hand, and leaves your skin tingly and clean.