What I often say to people who are quick to say I’m not a feminist is if you think you’re not a feminist, give it all back.

If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force?

We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.

We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters' lengthening flight.

Boys don't make passes at female smart asses.

If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable - each segment distinct.

A toy has no gender and no idea of whether a girl or boy is playing with it.

If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles.

If knowledge is power, clandestine knowledge is power squared; it can be withheld, exchanged, and leveraged.

Friends can be said to "fall in like" with as profound a thud as romantic partners fall in love.

No labourer in the world is expected to work for room, board, and love -except the housewife.

Bella: I love you. Edward: You are my life now.

People who read too many books get quirky. We can't have too much eccentricity or it would bankrupt us. Market research depends on people behaving as if they were all alike.

Secrets can eat you alive. They break down your soul. It's better to have them in the open

Cheapness is a great virtue.

A dead Bee maketh no Hony.

You can manage your sin, but that's not repentance.

Drive Nature from your door with a pitchfork, and she will return again and again.

The sunset you see is always better than the one you don’t. More stars are always better than less.

People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?

What I’ve learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.