Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion.

Loving someone is a loss of freedom - but one doesn't think of it as loss because one gains so much else.

The Lives of Great Men are more oft' at variance with their profess'd Phillosophies than consistent with 'em.

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes.

The perfect man is the true partner. Not a bed partner nor a fun partner, but a man who will shoulder burdens equally with you and possess that quality of joy.

Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.