[Warfare is] maleness in its absurdest extremes. Here is to be studied the whole gamut of basic masculinity, from the initial instinct of combat, through every form of glorious ostentation, with the loudest accompaniment of noise.

Where young boys plan for what they will achieve and attain, young girls plan for whom they will achieve and attain.

(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind

Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly developed, civilized, socialized.

The softest, freest, most pliable and changeful living substance is the brain-the hardest and most iron-bound as well.

The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement.

I used to lie awake as a child and get more entertainment and terror out of blank walls and plain furniture than most children could find in a toy-store.