We are a society that values a man for what he does in the world, a woman for how she looks.

No revolution creates a wholly new universe. Rather, it reflects the history and culture that spawned it.

The ideal visions of one age eventually are seen as its excesses by the next.

For those who have lived on the edge of poverty all their lives, the semblance of poverty affected by the affluent is both incomprehensible and insulting.

Women find ways to give sense and meaning to daily life--ways to be useful in the community, to keep mind active and soul growingeven while they change diapers and cook vegetables.

Intimacy. We hunger for it, but we also fear it.

The structure of the family is not born in nature but in human design. What we can do, we can also undo.

Sometimes we choose a friend who mirrors our fantasies, dreams of a self we wish we could be.

The depth of a friendship - how much it means to us ... depends, at least in part, upon how many parts of ourselves a friend sees, shares and validates.

Indeed, it is that ambiguity and ambivalence which often is so puzzling in women

I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked.

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

That she was irreplaceable became a bittersweet loyalty: Her death was what I had now instead of her.

People who ask "Can I ask you a question?" Didn't really give me a choice, did ya there buddy?

FC Liverpool is the best club in the world.

Ah, but the servant waits, while the master baits.

We must rapidly wean ourselves off our dependence on coal and fossil fuels.

The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need, but I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy.