I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.

I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.

The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops - in general, doing everything men do.

Love gives without taking

The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.

Sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities.

Great loves have legs and wings. They are substantial. They do not dissapate so easily... Great loves have staying power. Or so I told myself.