The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.

The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

The bible teaches that women brought sin and death into the world. I don't believe that any man ever talked with god. The bible was written by man out of his love of domination.

The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty.

The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.

When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.

Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.

I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.

So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.

If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

It was a kind of sado-masochism. I would take the things that were painful to me and elevate them and, through the mantra of music, make them into a release.

Wine turns the wise man into a fool and the fool into a wise man.

The way I choose projects is based on what I think is most real and most interesting, not on what’s paying the most money or what’s most popular.

Feminism isn't called the longest revolution for nothing.

I believe my friends think I'm funny. All the books are full of humor. Maybe it is a quiet sort of humor that masquerades as not-much-at-all. It is certainly easy to miss.

Throughout the life cycle we consciously and unconsciously edit the events of our life, trying to give them meaning.

Aggle flabble kabble . . . snurp?

Whatever arises from a just situation by just steps is itself just.

Life is short and art is long.