Men never believe a woman can do anything.

Why is it every careerist tries to turn his mother into a Madonna--to prove his intellect is a virgin birth, papa had nothing to do with it? It's the sign of the misogynist.

A mother! What are we worth really? They all grow up whether you look after them or not. That poor miserable brat of his is growing up, and I certainly licked the hide off her; and she's seen marriage at its worst, and now she's dreaming about 'supermen' and 'great men'. What is the good of doing anything for them?

To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree - just good for cutting up and building your house with.

Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic

And gold has no name, it licks the hand of anyone who has it: good dog!

Love is feared: it dissolves society, it's unpopular, and it's very rare.