Heartbreak, death and loss were shared between us, but renewal, commitment and strength as well.

Never become bitter just because you were rejected by men

I've always known that even if the world threatens to collapse, with one hand, you'd hold up the sky, and the other, around me.

You know, that's what you've been doing in a way--coming out. Coming out of your room. Coming out of your house. Coming out of your shell.

The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations.

You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak, and they respond immediately.

Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women.

The most effective way to defeat patriarchy is to defy and disown its self-legitimating narrative.

What is reason now was passion heretofore.

My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me. My father, as usual, was wrong.

And children know, Instinctive taught, the friend and foe.