"The old image of one person with a torch is part of the problem, not the solution. We each need a torch if we are to see where we're going. And together, we create so much more light."

"I have met no man I consider my superior."

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

"I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry in the first place. Later I would discover this was endemic among female human beings. Anger is supposed to be 'unfeminin…"

"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open."