In our particular society, it is the narrowed and narrowing view of life that often wins.

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.

Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.

I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men are capable and the delight that many men will take in seeing you choose to chain yourself - then they get to say 'See, you did it yourself.'

One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air and to dust the grit and dust out of our clothes. When we said Africa he looked offended and tickled too. Niggers going to Africa, he said to his wife. Now I have seen everything.

I just really love people a lot. I really love them.

I can spend two hours grubbing about in my garden, dazed with pleasure and intent, and it feels like five minutes.