I believe in permanent revolution.

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

There have been women in the past far more daring than we would need to be now, who ventured all and gained a little, but survived after all.

Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life.

My knees have always been ugly.

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 tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.