“Men are not from Mars and women are not from Venus instead we are all people. Deal with it.”

“While there will always be someone who may dislike you, there are others who will like you for who you are.”

“Maslow did not make two different pyramids, one for men and one for women. He did not differentiate in identifying what men want and what women want.”

“Make sure your fun is not mocking someones pain and your enjoyment is not anothers suffering. The melody of your ears must not be the cries of a powerless.”

“Be an active bystander because sooner or later you or someone you love could be a victim too.”

“Not one person on earth is immune to crime and trauma.”

“I'd still thought that everything I thought about that night-the shame, the fear-would fade in time. But that hadn't happened. Instead, the things that I remembered, these little details, seemed to...”

“You know, you're too pretty for me to leave you on the couch like that," he said, pulling me toward him. I didn't know that, but I did understand then that there was no such thing as safe, only saf...”

“Not being assaulted is not a privilege to be earned through the judicious application of personal safety strategies. A woman should be able to walk down the street at 4 in the morning in nothing bu...”

“Yes, Latinos dream more. When you live in poverty, when your president is imposed upon you, when they kill someone and no one gets indicted, and when only a few get rich, of course you dream more. ...”

“It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.”

“I look at Kitty, who's braiding Chris's hair in microbraids. She's being extra quiet so we forget she's here and don't kick her out. 'I think that as long as you're ready and it's what you want to ...”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”