Once you feel loved by the universe, you're already accepted, and you're not really concerned about offending people.

I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here.

I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe.

Women have to be extremely careful about choosing something that they consider an act of defiance that can really be used to further their enslavement.

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

If you deny people their own voice, you'll have no idea of who they were.