For it is not merely the trivial which clutters our lives but the important as well

Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life.

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.

Guys kick friendship all over just like a soccer, nonetheless it does not appear to crack. Girls deal with it like glass and it goes to items.

The ball of rumor and criticism, once it starts rolling, is difficult to stop.

The plane seems exultant now, even arrogant. We did it, we did it! We're up, above you. We were dependant on you just now, prisoners fawning on you for favors, for wind and light. But now, we are free. We are up! We are off! Like someone singing ecstatically, climbing, soaring- a sustained note of power and joy.

It is not restful, it is not possible to talk wholeheartedly to more than one person at a time. You can't really talk with a person unless you surrender to them, for the moment (all other talk is futile). You can't surrender to more than one person a moment.