"The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with popular wisdom of several centuries just past, and we are terrified to give it up."

"Perhaps the most revolutionary act for a woman will be a self-willed journey—and to be welcomed when she comes home."

"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."

"Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else."

"Women have always been the strong ones of the world."