One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

Awareness of time as flying has some advantages; it precludes boredom, for one thing. It matters little that younger people find older people boring or slow. Older people have a right to resist being rushed, to stand and stare at the fragile world that has become so unspeakably dear to them. For the lucky ones, who will not have to leave while they are still in love with life, there will come a later time when that passion too will fade, but while one is still possessed by that great tenderness, it must be yielded to.

Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.

It is agreed that little girls should have a different physical education than little boys, but it is not admitted how much of the difference is counseled by the conviction that little girls should not look like little boys.

Every woman knows that, regardless of all her other achievements, she is a failure if she is not beautiful.

Men ought to become more conscious of their bodies as objects of delight.