"We are all children of the universe, and we are all connected."

"To be a writer is to be a rebel. To be a woman writer is to be a double rebel."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

"I do not believe in the God of the Bible. I believe in the God of the cosmos."