Solitary confinement is too terrible a punishment to inflict on any human being, no matter what his crime. Hardened criminals in the men's prisons, it is said, often beg for the lash instead.

I would rather be a rebel than a slave.

We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help free the other half.

Better that we should die fighting than be outraged and dishonored... Better to die than to live in slavery.

We woman suffragists have a great mission - the greatest mission the world has ever known. It is to free half the human race, and through that freedom to save the rest.

A defiant deed has greater value than unnumerable thousands of words.

Women had always fought for men, and for their children. Now they were ready to fight for their own human rights. Our militant movement was established.

Trust in God - she will provide.

...the Government must not think that they can stop this agitation. It will go on...We are here not because we are law-breakers; we are here in out efforts to become law-makers.

What is the use of fighting for a vote if we have not got a country to vote in?

The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

I need you. I need you to hate, so I can use you for your energy

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read.

If I'm not creating, I'm not as happy.

Everyone who gets sleepy at night should have a simple decent place to lay their heads, on terms they can afford to pay.

With every farewell comes a hidden hope.

With a gun against my belly I... I always smile.

I live in the crowd of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself.

Jazz never ends... it just continues.