The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.

A woman of 40 or 50 or 60 can take estrogen replacements, get facelifts, spend her money in bars.

Falling in love was not really a choice; it just struck me.

Women like signs of money and education - things that indicate that not only is this guy going to have some resources, but he's also willing to share them.

A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and culturally to bring up a child without a recognized commitment from a man.

People have often asked me whether what I know about love has spoiled it for me. And I just simply say, 'Hardly.' You can know every single ingredient in a piece of chocolate cake, and then when you sit down and eat that cake, you can still feel that joy.

Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don't grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt and gather in the grocery store. They go through catalogs or department stores to buy clothes instead of shearing sheep, carding wool, and weaving cloth for skirts and coats and blankets.