She could not complain about not having shoes when the person she was talking to had no legs.

Never ever accept 'Because You Are A Woman' as a reason for doing or not doing anything.

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.

We teach girls shame; close your legs, cover yourself, we make them feel as though by being born female they're already guilty of something.

To choose to write is to reject silence.

Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.

If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly.

There are people who dislike you because you do not dislike yourself.

Our society teaches a woman at a certain age who is unmarried to see it as a deep personal failure. While a man at a certain age who is unmarried has not quite come around to making his pick.

Privilege blinds, because it's in its nature to blind. Don't let it blind you too often. Sometimes you will need to push it aside in order to see clearly.

Culture does not make people. People make culture.

Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.

What a majestic God!

I realized that with hard work the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do. I learned that at a young age.

By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime.

People will look at Bowyer and Woodgate and say 'Well, there's no mud without flames'.

I think my favorite album was probably Realization.

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

Even stupid people have a role to play in your life. They make you wiser and more patient.

Crying is easy, like breathing- the more you hold it in, the more you let out.

Without theory we can only copy.