Abortion is violence; a deep, desperate violence inflicted by a woman upon, first of all, herself.

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

Change is not a threat to your life, but an invitation to live.

There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.

My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.

We must use what we have to invent what we desire.

Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose again.

The beauty of darkness is how it lets you see.

If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up.

Until we know the assumptions in which we are drenched, we cannot know ourselves.

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

Sometimes playing stupid opens your eyes to the truth.

Fundamentalism not only fuels devastating acts of violence, but also all kinds of primitive prejudicial behaviors, such as Misogyny, Polygamy, Homophobia, and Islamophobia.

the great is seldom a deterrent to the mediocre

Winning the [Nobel] prize wasn't half as exciting as doing the work itself.

The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you.

My dream match is me and Chris Benoit against Fit Finlay and William Regal. That way I get to work with Benoit and I get to beat up and get beat up by Finlay and Regal.

We may be a nation of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, but first and foremost we are all human beings and Americans.

The night before Atlantis sank beneath the waves forever, the members of the MysterySchool set sail from their doomed continent in twelve boats, headed for twelve different points on the globe.

As far as the execution is concerned ... the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it.

Wherever humanity has made that hardest of all starts and lifted itself out of mere brutality is a sacred spot.