stoicism and silence does not serve us nor our communities, only the forces of things as they are.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

There are two types of limitations: those others place on us, and those we place on ourselves. One is more subtle. Both are equally dangerous.

He that is low need fear no fall.

I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older until I drop dead of beauty.

Somebody's little girl- how easy it is to make a sob story over who she once was and who she now is.

Asking good questions is half of learning.

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.

You can't please everybody. All you can do is really just try to work from the heart and do the best job that you can and hope for the best.

A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops.

The woman who led [downed airmen] was named Andrée De Jongh and her story - one of heroism and peril and astounding courage - became the inspiration for my novel.

Girl talk. That thing I've always been so bad at.