“I know my husband loves me fiercely and passionately. I know he suppor...” — Chirlane McCray Quote

“I know my husband loves me fiercely and passionately. I know he supports me and will always stand up for me.”

“You can be chased home or hit or called names or spit on, and it's over. You have the memory of it, but it's very different from the emotional and psychological experience of feeling invisible, of not learning the confidence to stand up in class and speak.”

“Violence against women is a huge issue. A good feminist should be working on that - making the world a safer place for girls and women, wherever they live.”

“We have to think about the state of women in a more holistic way going forward. We can't be segregated by class and race as we have been. Because even the women at the top can do something about violence against women, right?”

“I went to Wellesley College, and it was really hard for me to get a job after I graduated. I would go into places where I would not see any black people at all in Boston - like, zero. And then in publishing in New York City, it was pretty much the same. I knew that it wasn't about the value of my work.”

“If people feel strongly and passionately about something, I'll let them speak strongly and passionately - I'm not going to tell them not to.”

“It is important to be clear about what you want and pursue that passionately.”

“When I was growing up, I wanted passionately to be a physicist.”

“My father is passionately Welsh, he had it drilled into him as a kid. They're very proud of their flag and their rugby team and their singing.”

“It must be wonderful to believe in something so passionately that you're prepared to die for it. I was never that kind of teenager. I was too full of self-doubt.”

“Tennessee Williams is an incredible writer for women because, in many ways, his women characters are him. He writes so passionately.”