Tarana Burke

“There are a number of people who are anxious to leave #metoo behind and move on, but I don't think people realize how short of a time we have been discussing this issue compared to how long this has been an issue.”

“Social media is so immediate and in your face that I know many people have been helped and many people who have been traumatised by their entire timeline filled with 'me too.'”

“Social media is not a safe space.”

“Men are not the enemy, and we have to be clear about that.”

“'Me too' became a term that was both succinct and powerful, and it was a way to ring up immediate empathy between survivors.”

“I don't work for Hollywood.”

“I'm all about cultivating joy in your life.”

“Men need to help reshape the conversation around consent.”

“I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history, then I would be among amazing company.”

“Donald Trump has proven to be the kind of person who you can't reason with and who you can't have a logical conversation with - and who I can't imagine having a heart-to-heart conversation thinking that I would change something specifically about this person.”

“We talk about sexual harassment in the workplace, but there's sexual harassment in schools, right? There's sexual harassment on the street. So there's a larger conversation to be had. And I think it will be a disservice to people if we couch this conversation in about what happens in Hollywood or what happens in even political offices.”

“People are trying to find an outlet to tell their truth.”

“For every R. Kelly or Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein, there's, you know, the owner of the grocery store, the coach, the teacher, the neighbor, who are doing the same things. But we don't pay attention until it's a big name. And we don't pay attention 'til it's a big celebrity.”

“If you give young people enough information, they'll figure out what to do with it. They just need a little guidance.”

“'Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world.”

“Even when black folks make me angry, I know that the foundation is that I love us. I want us to win, and I want us to have all the things that we deserve in the world. And that's driven by love.”

“People need hope and inspiration desperately. But hope and inspiration are only sustained by work.”

“Smoking is definitely not cool anymore, and the folks who have worked against that have done a great job.”

“The world doesn't realise I have a regular job!”

“When one person says, 'Yeah, me, too,' it gives permission for others to open up.”