...to speak of them out loud, to speak of their hunger and pain and loneliness and humour, to make them visible so that can not be ravaged in the dark without great consequence.

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.

He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both.

You're a strong woman, Annabelle. Stronger than I would have believed.""No, it's my love for you that is strong.

Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.

Bugs lurk in corners and congregate at boundaries.

Two there shall be; no more, no less. One to embody the dark side, the other to crave it.

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much; let our actions speak for themselves.

I think a human animal is far more wild and unpredictable and dangerous and destructive than any other animal.

The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans.

We almost always see only what's wrong with other people and not what's wrong with us.

Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.