"We are all our own graveyards I believe; we squat amongst the tombs of the people we were."

"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'

The future of gender equality depends on dismantling both visible and invisible barriers.