To have insurance and have a diagnosis and to have doctors, I just felt it would be immoral on some level to complain.

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.

Even if you feel fear, you still have to go ahead and do what you believe in.

I'm a body builder, but I don't use weights. I use snacks. It's kind of a different building process.

There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor.

I'm a keep running through the red light living my life.

Life is a bit hard sometimes, and sometimes you have to step up and fight fights that you never signed up for.

Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.

When the facilities of the government of the United States are drawn on an individual, it can be terrifying.

Everyone wanted to be rich and beautiful, but the truly rich and beautiful had to pretend they were just the same as everyone else.

To the seeker after pearls, silence is a speaking argument, for no breath comes forth from the diver of the sea.

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.