Everyone in his place and a place for everyone.

So firm did Nivea's determination become that she wrote in her diary that she would give up marriage in order to devote herself completely to the struggle for women's suffrage. She was not aware that such a sacrifice would not be necessary, and that she would marry a man for love who would back her up in her political goals.

Land is something one should never sell. It is the only thing left when all else is gone

Write to register history, and name each thing. Write what should not be forgotten.

Happiness is pure kitch; we come into the world to suffer and learn.

Friendship is all about trust and sharing. Passionate and romantic love is all about sex and emotions. You have to try to combine those, I think. The great marriages, the great couples I know, have both.

They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another.