I loathe all this blind rushing pell-mell into a struggle arranged by the mighty minority and paid for with the lives of young men who are drugged on trumped-up ideals.

Life owes me a living worth living. Yes, Eden regarded life as her debtor, she its relentless paymaster.

Luscious feet that listened to the soil and stole its secrets.

A woman is not a whole woman without the experience of marriage. In the case of a bad marriage, you win if you lose. Of the two alternatives - bad marriage or none - I believe bad marriage would be better. It is a bitter experience and a high price to pay for fulfillment, but it is the better alternative.

The creative writer is usually captive to his next book.

Nervous hands as if the fingers were dripping from them like icicles.

The grand canyon which yawns between the writer's concept of what he wants to capture in words and what comes through is a cruel abyss.