Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we cannot afford children, but because we do not like children.

Older women can afford to agree that femininity is a charade, a matter of colored hair, ecru lace and whalebones, the kind of slap and tat that transvestites are in love with, and no more.

I believe in permanent revolution.

It is in our interests to let the police and their employers go on believing that the Underground is a conspiracy, because it increases their paranoia and their inability to deal with what is really happening. As long as they look for ringleaders and documents they will miss their mark, which is that proportion of every personality which belongs in the Underground.

The only causes of regret are laziness, outbursts of temper, hurting others, prejudice, jealousy, and envy.