If the writer is a woman, feminist or not, it will give the language something that it would not have if it had been used by a man.

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

All oppression creates a state of war.

To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.

When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.

The dance had distilled her and she had become one with the essence of all that is.

Do not get caught pursuing the goals of who you used to be instead of who you are.

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.

Ah, I'm a woman that's been clear around the world in my rocking chair, and I tell you we all get surprises now and then.

I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.' Not mine.

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you.

The best songs for me come from the search for joy. You're in a negative place maybe, but you're still striving to improve yourself and find happiness.

Our limbic system sets the mind's emotional tone and stores our highly charged emotional memories.