It is difficult to discuss. . . history. . it is more difficult to talk about today. . simple things…
To me, the model of success is not linear. Success is completing the full circle of yourself.
The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.
I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.
We've begun to raise daughters more like sons. . . but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
When you attempt something new, there's always fear. A couple of helpful slogans to me are "follow the fear" or "fear is a sign of growth. "
At my age, in this still hierarchical time, people often ask me if I’m “passing the torch. ” I explain that I’m keeping my torch, thank you very much-and I’m using it to light the torches of others.
I would rather raise certain topics and maybe let you ruminate on them. I'm not big on answering them.
She was chronologically in luck. She corresponded to necessity.
the title of Queen rang sweet to my ears, child though I was. . . . This idea of a crown began running in my head then like a tune, and has been running a lot in it ever since.
They say it's not the snoring itself but those anxiety-packed moments in between snorts. It's the waiting for the nasal passages of the person lying beside you to strike again. And strike it always does. In the dark, almost against your will, you produce that special glare reserved for people who cannot control their own behaviour.