I wake up every day and I think, 'I'm breathing! It's a good day.'

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.

The best way to get started on the path to sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning in front of others.

Lincoln admitted his infirmities to make way for his spring.

I am still living in those days ... where you lived me alone :-(

As soon as I realized you could be funny as a job, that was the job I wanted.

Why do we have to talk about it? Why? I never saw anything like this. Every time we're going to attack somebody we explain....

In England the boy pats his adored one on the back and says softly, "I don't object, you know." If he is quite mad with passion, he may add: "I rather fancy you, in fact.

I had dreams, but I didn't have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched.

Every silver lining has a touch of grey.

If you betray me, can I take a better revenge than to love the person you hate?

We share half our genes with the banana.