“The personal is political because personhood is political. Who gets to be a person, and how? How are persons formed, categorized, and organized in and through relations with each other? The personal is not political because personal choices are necessarily political choices, but because the very terrain of what gets to be a choice and what types of persons get to be choosers - what types of persons get to be - are shaped by political power. The sort of political power that whispers through human histories of convention formation and maintenance, of hierarchy and adherence to it, of regimes of expertise, of oppression, of struggles and paradigm shifts.”

“Please don’t expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand…”

“As for myself, I had a lot to say. But I was silent.”

“So, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me because I, too, am fluent in silence.”