I think the greatest illusion we have is that denial protects us. It's actually the biggest distortion and lie. In fact, staying asleep is what's killing us.

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.

God, how I still love private readers. It’s what we all used to be.

Hate will destroy you. Let love be the basis of which you live your life.

Destroy the one who thinks you can be destroyed. You’re invincible. Nothing destroys you. Nothing.

Mathematics is merely the means to a general and ultimate knowledge of man.

Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery.

Rousseau defined civilizations as when people build fences.

Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.

I do not wish to help Jeremy Clarkson be amusing in the event of my death.

The ruminations are mine, let the world be yours.

I don't take characters home with me.