"Can I just say here how much I hate the word 'pamper'? While pretending to celebrate and indulge women, it actually implies that their bodies are so revolting that even their 'me time' must be dedicated to turning them into living dolls if potential suitors are to be prevented from running screaming in horror."

"A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men."

"Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family, Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's country such statements express."

"I've never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past was so great, how come it's history?"

"I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here."

"Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect."

"If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die."

"To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread."