What have I earned from you, Valek? Loyalty? Respect? Trust?" "You have my attention. But give me what I want, and you can have everything.
I don't want to get married until all gay people can get married.
Girls are trained to say, ‘I wrote this, but it’s probably really stupid. ’ Well, no, you wouldn’t write a novel if you thought it was really stupid. Men are much more comfortable going, ‘I wrote this book because I have a unique perspective that the world needs to hear. ’ Girls are taught from the age of seven that if you get a compliment, you don’t go, ‘Thank you’, you go, ‘No, you’re insane.
Part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.
Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.
I wish that author [ E. L. James] all the success in the world. It's just not for me.
I consider being female such a unique gift, such a sacred joy, in ways that run so deep I can't articulate them. It's a special kind of privilege to be born into the body you wanted, to embrace the essence of your gender even as you recognize what you are up against. Even as you seek to redefine it.
The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.
One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator.
I only wear these crop tops because other clothes would make me sweat when I dance.
War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.