They took away what should have been my eyes (but I remembered Milton's Paradise). They took away what should have been my ears, (Beethoven came and wiped away my tears) They took away what should have been my tongue, (but I had talked with god when I was young) He would not let them take away my soul, possessing that I still possess the whole.

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree.

To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see.

Masculine exhalations are, as a rule, stronger, more vivid,more widely differentiated than those of women. In the odor of young men there is something elemental, as of fire, storm, and salt sea. It pulsates with buoyancy and desire. It suggests all the things strong and beautiful and joyous and gives me a sense of physical happiness.

When you lose your vision, you lose contact with things. When you lose your hearing, you lose contact with people.

The living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!

The inferiority of women is man-made.