“ Well, the tyranny of masculinity and the tyranny of patriarchy I think has been much more deadly to men than it has to women. It hasn't killed our hearts. It's killed men's hearts. It's silenced them;… Eve Ensler
“ People are sad. People are broke. People are worried about money, people are worried that they're not enough and not amounting to anything and they don't feel good about themselves. People have rough… Eve Ensler
“ My dream is that people will find a way back home, into their bodies, to connect with the earth, to connect with each other, to connect with the poor, to connect with the broken, to connect with the n… Eve Ensler
“ It seems to me there's this tyranny that's not accidental or incidental, to make women feel compelled to look like somebody they're not. I think the effort is being made to get us to turn our time and… Eve Ensler
“ After all, the Indo-European word cunt was derived from the goddess Kunda or Cunti, and shares the same root as kin and country. Eve Ensler
“ In the nineteenth century, girls who learned to develop orgasmic capacity by masturbation were regarded as medical problems. Often they were 'treated' or 'corrected' by amputation or cautery of the cl… Eve Ensler
“ The clitoris is pure in purpose. It is the only organ in the body designed purely for pleasure. Eve Ensler
“ You will touch this joy and you will suddenly know it is what you were looking for your whole life, but you were afraid to even acknowledge the absence because the hunger for it was so encompassing. Eve Ensler
“ What if, instead of being afraid of even talking about death, we saw our lives in some ways as preparation for it.What if we were taught to ponder it and reflect on it and talk about it and enter it a… Eve Ensler
“ I was worried about my own vagina. It needed a context of other vaginas-- a community, a culture of vaginas. There's so much darkness and secrecy surrounding them-- like the Bermunda Triangle. Eve Ensler
“ I have always been obsessed with naming things. If I could name them, I could tame them. They could be my friends. Eve Ensler
“ My vagina was green water, soft pink fields, cow mooing sun resting sweet boyfriend touching lightly with soft piece of blond straw.There is something between my legs. I do not know what it is. I do n… Eve Ensler
“ It became a kind of passion. Discovering the key, unlocking the vagina's mouth, unlocking this voice, this wild song. Eve Ensler
“ Stop shoving things up me. Stop shoving and stop cleaning it up. My vagina doesn't need to be cleaned up. It smells good already. Not like rose petals. Don't try to decorate. Eve Ensler
“ If overthrowing some five thousand years of patriarchy seems like a big order, just focus on celebrating each self-respect step along the way Eve Ensler
“ Poor women suffer terrible sexual violence that goes unreported. Because of their social class, these women do not have access to therapy or other methods of healing. Their repeated abuse ultimately e… Eve Ensler
“ Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming… Eve Ensler
“ I was always reaching for love, but it turns out love doesn't involve reaching. I was always dreaming of the big love, the ultimate love, the love that would sweep me off my feet or 'break open the ha… Eve Ensler
