I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.

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.

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.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

I’ve read Hamlet, I know men suffer.

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only great poets can read the.

So often we only do what we think is expected of us, when we are capable of so much more.

Our emotions tell us what to value. They're like a little GPS system: Go that way. Don't go that way.

If you don't smell nice before the game, it's going to be pretty bad during and after.

Just because everybody else is engaged in a group hug with Barack Obama doesn't mean that somebody doesn't have to tell the truth.

And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.

You can hope for a miracle in your life, or you realize that your life is the miracle.

I trusted him. I put what was precious in Haymitch's hands. & he has betrayed me

As you love your peace, Christian, be plain-hearted with God and man, and keep the king's highway.