For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nur….

He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul..

I need to remember to overcome..

A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most….

We have all the technology to record things in the streets. Now the historians cannot twist it or change it, because we have cellular phones or video….

I don't want to die in pain or in an undignified way, I don't want any of the people I love to die in, die painfully. But I'm aware of the fact that ….

I've been a story-teller all my life but I realized it only recently..

They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another..

You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found..

When love exists, nothing else matters, not life’s predicaments, not the fury of the years, not a physical winding down or scarcity of opportunity..

The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force..

Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too. If she doesn’t show up invited, eventually she just shows up.

Each of us chooses the tone for telling his or her own story. I would like to choose the durable clarity of a platinum print, but nothing in my desti….

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing.

Two thirds of the work in the world is done by women. Women own 1 percent of the assets. Young women are sold into prostitution, forced labour, prema….

I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story..

I was born in the middle of the Second World War when the United States dropped their atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when millions of people….

Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences..

When a man's earning his living doing things he doesn't like, he feels like a slave; when he's doing what he loves, he feels like a prince..

I carry around a little stool to stand on when people want a picture with their cellular phones..

It bothers them that instead of taking on the role of abandoned lover, I have become a happy wife. They relish seeing strong women like you and me hu….