As soon as you say it about a record, you're like some little zombie in a funny dungeon.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like

Life is so sweet. A man will even kiss the a** of his enemy to have his head spared

I don't need the most beautiful woman in the world I just need a woman who makes my world beautiful

I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.

I'm very type-A, and many things in my life are about control and domination, but eating should be a submissive experience, where you let down your guard and enjoy the ride.

Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest as a young girl, whenever I felt emotionally overwhelmed, I would take a walk in the woods. Being in the stillness and grandeur of trees had always calmed me.

I'm not a reactionary.

Every instrument that has been designed to be sensitive enough to detect weak light has always ended up discovering that the same thing: light is made of particles.

I think that one is constantly startled by the things that appear before you on the page when you're writing.