“Men and women are moved by tides much fiercer than you can imagine, and they sweep us all up into the current.”

“Women will work out their destinies — much better, too, than men can ever do for them. All the mischief to women has come because men undertook to shape the destiny of women.”

“[Her message to women and girls of the world] You are more powerful than you can possibly imagine. You are more powerful than you can possibly imagine. And it is incumbent upon you to use that power--not only for yourself, but for everyone else around you.”

“No matter how much experience we may gather in life, we can never in life get the dimension of experience that the imagination gives us. Only the arts and sciences can do that, and of these, only literature gives us the whole sweep and range of human imagination as it sees itself.”

“Why are women… so much more interesting to men than men are to women?”

“The great tides and currents which engulf the rest of men do not turn aside in their course and pass the judges by.”

“Let us hold our hands together as women for one woman's push cannot move the mountain but many women's push can move the mountain. Gone are the days when women were walking behind men. They should start walking in front.”

“Women are much more honourable than men.”

“(Man in bar) Can you imagine a world without men? (Sylvia) No crime, and lots of happy, fat women.”

“People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.”