Everything can be taken from you in a second, but the human spirit is so strong. War can teach you so much about evil, and so much about good.

I don't want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.

No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.

Do you know that people fall in love in war and go to school and go to factories and hospitals and get divorced and go dancing and go playing and live life?

I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.

I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years. I didn't want to be a 60-year-old woman holding on to something I created when I was 23.