I have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman. Friendship is far more human.

To die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.

I believe only in money, not in love or tenderness. Love and tenderness meant only pain and suffering and defeat. I would not let it ruin me as it ruined others! I would speak only with money, hard money.

When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of force, of physical force, was dominant.

I have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman. Friendship is far more human.

Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.

Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.