For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman.

A good lover will do that, see something worthwhile in you that you never knew was there. And when there's something you don't like to see in yourself a good lover won't see it either.

I wanted everything. What could you not want when you are brown and Indian-looking in a society in which the white aesthetic is praised as acceptable?

Our goal should be to achieve joy

Poverty has its advantages. When you're that poor what would you have that anyone would want? Except your peace of mind. Your dignity. Your heart. The important things.

I've spent my whole life in Chicago being asked where am I from, so that I have a sense of displacement that also is very psychologically disorienting.

I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American.

There are things coming from me that I felt I wanted to talk about. My search for my own blend of spirituality, my acknowledgement of my sexuality, my being the single mother of a young man.

What you perceive as "liberal" is my independence to choose what i do, with whom, and when. Moreover, it also means that i may choose not to do it, with anyone, ever.

To all the women and the men who ever loved me just a little.

Human sexuality has been regulated and shaped by men to serve men's needs.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

A simple democracy is the devil's own government.

Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to be the foundation.

March is outside the door Flaming some old desire As man turns uneasily from his fire.

Malta is a sod of a place.

I mean, you take a look at this, it's one way. [Mexicans] get the jobs, they get the factories, they get the cash, and all we get - we get illegal immigration and we get drugs.

People that say I'm really sensitive rarely are.

Not one atom can rest until it finds its freedom.

One link in a chain explains the infinite chain.