We need to raise our voices a little more, even as they say to us, 'This is so uncharacteristic of you.' Invisibility is not a natural state for anyone.

We must remember that one of the most insidious ways of keeping women and minorities powerless is to let them only talk about harmless and inconsequential subjects.

If the majority culture know so little about us, it must be our problem, they seem to be telling us; the burden of teaching is on us.

All that sadness. All that anger. It is the smoke that gets into your eyes. If you do not blow it away, how can you hope to see?

The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.

Never argue with a librarian; they know too much.

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad humanity must assume the aspect of Hell.

although science could pinpoint the exact spot in the brain that ignites rage, they had yet to identify the location that produces love.

The will of the British people must now be put into effect as quickly as possible. Under Article 50 of the EU Treaty the UK must leave the European Union within two years at the latest.

When it comes to family policies, you are dealing with very private issues. Still, my husband and I decided that we didn't want to make our private lives a matter of public discussion.

I was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with.

That was my gift . . . having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.

She refers to her past as the time before she was "blown away.