"Let anger pass, make a place for it; do not impede its progress; do not disturb its development, give it the time it needs to die out, open a wide path for it."

"It turns out you left something rather important off your career plan: for example, there’s no ticky-box on…"

"I take it for granted, when I am invited to lecture anywhere, — for I have had a little experience in that …"

"People living with AIDS should not be dying from preventable and treatable diseases."

"You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Wheth…"

"would be a soldier, and he would change the slogan from "Don't ask, don't tell" to "Don't fuck with me, que…"

"My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurre…"