The "Otherizing" of women is the oldest oppression known to our species, and it's the model, the template, for all other oppressions.

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

From so much self-revising, I’ve destroyed myself. From so much self-thinking, I’m now my thoughts and not I

But now, at this moment, you can't hook your boat to mine, 'cause I'm liable to sink us both. (222)

Regard everyone you meet as the Buddha and you will know 10,000 Buddhas.

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

The friendship of a great man is a favor of the gods.

Who is all-powerful should fear everything.

One of my students told me that every time she learns the name of a plant, she feels as if she is meeting someone new. Giving a name to something is a way of knowing it.

I'd like to write a big rock anthem again. I just need to listen to Korn, and then I might get the idea of how to do it.

If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a very long time. It's Europe, it's Australia, it's the other developed and middle developing countries that have got to do the job.

I do have a fantasy life in which I can grout bathrooms - but not for a living.