Metaphor is the energy charge that leaps between images, revealing their connections.

I feel that 'man-hating' is an honourable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.

Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible.

Clarity of language is the first casualty of authoritarianism.

Sisterhood is powerful.

In the long run, Women's Liberation will of course free men-but in the short run it's going to COST men a lot of privilege, which no one gives up willingly or easily.

We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.

Hate generalizes; love specifies. Or: The movements of hatred are toward generalization; love's movements are toward specification.

Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers

All our geese are swans.

We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and, most importantly, we are protected by God.

It's wonderful how, the moment you talk about God and love, your voice becomes hard, and your eyes fill with hatred. No, Margret, you certainly haven't the true faith.

I grew up in Detroit. I grew up in an environment where you were supposed to be Democrat, where they told you that Republicans were evil people and that they were racist.

Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.

Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched.

When it's your own fault, things hurt worse than when someone else is to blame.

We can feel sorry for ourselves or we can put the work boots on and understand the situation and the reality of it all.

I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades.

If this had ever happened before, it couldn't be happening now. That's what they mean by 'once in a lifetime'.