Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars.

I have been a depressed person most of m life. I was always in the throes of self-hatred.

One of the most radical things women can do is to love their body.

Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back.

When we give in the world what we want the most, we heal the broken part inside each of us.

When you rape, beat, maim, mutilate, burn, bury, and terrorize women, you destroy the essential life energy on the planet.

Give voice to what you know to be true, and do not be afraid of being disliked or exiled. I think that's the hard work of standing up for what you see.

I think so much of neoliberalism and capitalism has caused people to live in a state of greed, fear and consumption that is covering up so much of what we really want.

If you are divided from your body, then you are divided from the body of the world.

You have to give to the world the thing that you want the most, in order to fix the broken parts inside you.

I don't get tired, because every time a woman doesn't die or doesn't get beaten or doesn't get raped or doesn't get honor-killed or doesn't get acid-burned, it's a huge victory.

He drew a circle that shut me out-Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.But love and I had the wit to win:We drew a circle and took him In !From the poem " Outwitted

Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.

Religion is different from everything else because in religion seeking is finding.

What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.

Ever since I was young, I've read Austen and the Brontes. My friends laugh, but those books are always so tragic and wonderful - those stories, they're just incredible.

Every political edict which is not based upon nature is wrong.

If God did not act first, no one would be saved.

Typically cult groups target universities and colleges. Most likely those schools that maintain campus housing.

Regarding drugs: just the existence of drugs seems troubling to me.

I actually don't miss modeling and I think the reason why is because of America's Next Top Model.