"a way that a man could be a hero"

"let's figure out how to make this better for both of us"

"we're not treating the birth experience with the level of preciousness that it deserves"

"a patriarchal system is inherently anxiety-provoking"

"my future and the future of my family was completely out of my control"

"this really rich intellectual tradition that has existed for 200 years"

"I would not like to have to obey another."

"children were not being educated so much as they were being held hostage"

"she breaks every single stereotype of how we viewed a leader in this country"

"we all had ancestors who lived in harmony with the land"

"You're not reinventing the wheel"

"This is our country and we are not turning it over so that we can be oppressed"

"Becoming fully human is the antidote"

"the best way that my descendants could honor me is to put right the things that I did wrong"

"How do you say “patriarchy” in your own language?"

"My father taught me all the male arts of fighting, negotiating, and expecting others to adjust to my comfort level"

"Though alone of her kind, she can do all things"

"It is an amazing time to be sharing books with kids"

"drop out of your head and into your body"

"think of all those young women of color and young Black women who never got the chance"