"Laughter is the only free emotion—the only one that can't be compelled. We can be made to fear. We can even be made to believe we're in love because, if we're kept dependent and isolated for long enou…"

"The caste systems of sex and race are interdependent and can only be uprooted together…. It's time to take equal pride in breaking all the barriers."

"We've been socialized to believe that we're not worthy of love unless we're performing, producing, and pleasing."

"A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a career after."

"Difference is the source of learning. Maybe we should put it on a t-shirt — 'Difference is a Gift' so that we understand and don’t fear, so we are able to go up to the person most different from us an…"