I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly.

The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention.

I find there is a quality to being alone that is incredibly precious. Life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid, fuller than before.

The present is passed over in the race for the future; the here is neglected in favor of the there. Enjoy the moment, even if it means merely a walk in the country.

You can’t just write and write and put things in a drawer. They wither without the warm sun of someone else’s appreciation.

Packing is chiefly planning -- if it is

Great problems that face the world today in both the private and the public sphere cannot be solved by women – or by men – alone. They can only be surmounted by men and women side by side.