For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.