"When unique voices are united in a common cause, they make history."

"A lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers."

"Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us."

"I believe that women are the only people who have ever been able to look at the world realistically."

"When the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on."