I do think that women could make politics irrelevant; by a kind of spontaneous cooperative action the like of which we have never seen; which is so far from people’s ideas of state structure or viable social structure that it seems to them like total anarchy — when what it really is, is very subtle forms of interrelation that do not follow some heirarchal pattern which is fundamentally patriarchal. The opposite to patriarchy is not matriarchy but fraternity, yet I think it’s women who are going to have to break this spiral of power and find the trick of cooperation.

The consequences of militancy do not disappear when the need for militancy is over.

War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests: by war the issue is left to chance, and the tacit assumption that the best man will win is not at all justified. It might equally be argued that the worst, the most unscrupulous man will win, although history will continue the absurd game by finding him after all the best man.

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

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

People who are really happy do not concern themselves with convincing others of the fact.

Bollocks have never frightened me. I'll eat a bollock any time.