“Woman" is not a derogative word. I am always a woman, but there are time when I choose to sit without holding my knees together.”

“I always thought that 'wilderness' was somewhere where God wasn't. It took me a long time to learn that 'wilderness' is a mighty sacred place.”

“i can become a new woman every day until i like the woman i become, then i can become her for a while, if not forever!”

“She’s a smart woman. I love that. Intelligence is a wonderful and powerful aphrodisiac. To me, it enhances beauty, makes an ordinary woman look like a movie star.”

“And I sit here without identity: faceless. My head aches.”

“A man's world is different from a woman's world and a man's emotions are different from a woman's emotions and only marriage can bring the two different sets of emotions together properly.”

“I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.”