Furthermore, I believe that in order to have civil and human rights for women there have to be civil and human rights, period … - Margaret Atwood

Is anything wrong, dear? the old joke went.
No, why?
You moved.
Just don't move.

My friends, who are both women, tell me their stories, which cannot be believed and which are true. They are horror stories and they have not happened to me, they have not yet happened to me, they have happened to me but we are detached, we watch our unbelief with horror.

... Remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.