Quote by Robert M. Sapolsky

“what she did during her lifetime but in the meaning of her life, the inspiration she gave to others, particularly women, to search for…

— Andrew Morton

“I armed her against the censures of the world, shewed her that books were sweet unreproaching companions to the miserable, and that if they…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“She would not be robbed of her ability to support herself, to do good work in the world, justly, compassionately.”

— Marge Piercy

“She had interviewed leading personalities all over the world. Fame was sufficiently novel for me to be flattered by the company I would be…

— Henry Kissinger

“Her work sought to challenge all of us critically to reflect on the things we find comfort in believing without question.”

— Thabo Mbeki

“Imaginatively she is of the highest importance; practically she is completely insignificant. She pervades poetry from cover to cover; she is all but absent…

— Virginia Woolf

“Her eyes, full of ancient, sacred wisdom. Her bones, deposits of inherited bravery. She is a proud descendant of strong, courageous women who went…

— Melody Lee

“She was a dedicated churchgoer, devoted do-gooder, and throbbing artery of village gossip. She sharpened her tongue on the loose lives of others and…

— Christina McKenna

“she was the kind of woman who only gave herself away in small doses, leaving men wandering like little children at all that she…

— Christopher Poindexter

“I could see that others had confused her disorganized passion for volatility. In reality, she was a scrumptious mess; deliciously majestic. She was on…

— Steve Maraboli

“The unconscious fabric of human destiny had done with her, unraveling all her grievances and reweaving them as joyous circumstance.”

— Michelle Franklin

“If ultimately there was a tantalizing rectitude about her, she was none the less cunning: her exceeding gentleness, howbeit mitigated sometimes by the disturbing…

— Georges Bataille