what society requires from art ... is that it function as an early warning system.

Love between women is seen as a paradigm of love between equals, and that is perhaps its greatest attraction.

those who despair of life are not long for it.

If history is really relevant in today's world, the proposition doesn't command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there.

a problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act.

Though we do not have many poets, we certainly have more than we deserve, for we deserve none at all. It is ourselves that we are hurting by our stupidity and ignorance of poetry.

The greatest barrier to women's advance in the public world of action has been their acquiescence in the idea that they don't belong out there.