I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe that, watch an illiterate adult try to do it.

How can the poem and the stink and the grating noise - the quality of light, the tone, the habit and the dream - be set down alive?

The utter insanity of living in a place like this doesn't occur to the 9,000,000 people who inhabit New York. Except for visits I think I shall not be here any more as a resident.

No single organism could be understood without observing and comprehending the entire colony.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

... you must not expect to find that people understand what they do.