In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.

When you make a break for freedom you don't necessarily find company on the way.

Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

The self-fulfilled woman is far from reality.

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.