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" We want to turn victims into survivors - and survivors into thrivers. "

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" The work of #MeToo is about healing. It's about healing as individuals and healing as communities. "

" I'm interested in talking to people and dealing with people who are set and ready for change and action. Who get it. And who are looking for solutions. "

" We have to come together and speak honestly about what the barriers are within our community - and then tear them down. It's really that simple. "

" I founded the Me Too Movement because there was a void in the community that I was in. There were gaps in services. There was dearth in resources, and I saw young people - I saw black and brown girls - who are hurting and who needed something that just wasn't there. "

" Celebrity doesn't serve me unless it advances the work that I'm doing. "

" We have to trust the voices of the community to be in leadership and know what we need for our communities. "

" We all have the right to an opinion, sure, but can we say how someone else should feel? "

" So many people who deal with sexual harassment don't have the means to file lawsuits or to get legal representation or legal advice. "

" There is always a way to get what you need, and I really believe in taking what you have to make what you need. "

" I started doing organizing work as a teenager. I was part of an organization called the 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement at 14. "

" There are a series of emotions that most survivors go through after disclosing. It starts with feeling great, like the weight on your shoulders has been lifted, and then you're alone with your thoughts, like, 'Why did I do that?' And then, what about the person who gets backlash? "

" Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something. "

" People are trying to find an outlet to tell their truth. "

" If we keep on 'making statements' and not really doing the work, we are going to be in trouble. "

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

" I founded the 'me too' movement in 2006 because I wanted to find a way to connect with the black and brown girls in the program I ran. "

" I want survivors to know that healing is possible. "

" I want the women I work with to find the entry point to where their healing is. "

" When you truly empathize with someone, you have to take into account all the things that make that person who they are. "

" I'm all about cultivating joy in your life. "

" The first thing I organized around was the Central Park Five case for the young men who were accused. We talked about the unfair misrepresentation of these young teenagers in the media. I've been fighting back against Donald Trump for a long time. "

" I'm driven by the gaps, the things that are missing, the areas where marginalized people exist - and where the least resources are available for them. "

" 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. "

" Patriarchy doesn't just make men out to be ogres. Women buy into the patriarchy as well, and women make those comments as well, like, 'Boys will be boys.' Women have to undo that stuff, too. "

" 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.' "

" Anita Hill thanklessly put herself and her career as a law professor on the line more than 25 years ago to publicly name Clarence Thomas for sexually harassing her at work. "

" We use a term called 'empowerment through empathy.' And 'Me Too' is so powerful, because somebody had said it to me - right? - and it changed the trajectory of my healing process once I heard that. "

" We have to have something that reaches the masses. That's what I've always known Me Too could do. "

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

" I don't want to get into splitting hairs. Trauma is trauma. I'm not in a position to quantify or qualify people's trauma. "