"I like the word ‘obsessions.’ To me, this means focus, or adjusting your lens to center on one thing or a few somethings that are related somehow. And then you’re searching, somehowsomehowsomehow and it becomes a thing." 

"You wanted to organize and politicize but you wanted to take care of yourself, too. You didn’t like meetings, girl. You saw people crumple up and cry underneath the clenched fist they raised at rallies. At meetings, you saw good people get angry."