"Most American women are still struggling with the idea that it's okay to be ambitious."

"Marriage was the only one of the 'four institutions' that survived the 20th century. It's a miracle."

"Hope is a very unruly emotion."

"If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say, I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society."

"We need to remember that there's no such thing as a 'self-made man' or a 'self-made woman.' We are all made by each other."