"Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone."

"Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's."

"The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship."

"Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient."

"But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition."

"Inevitably, these sorts of things are going to come back to blow up in people's faces."

"I've always been intrigued by color and by interesting hair. I was one of those weird little girls doing my own hair at the age of 9. I was, like, getting weird gels and new brushes and cornrow holders. I would tweak and perm at the age of 13."