Women do desperately need models for power other than the maternal.

Most people go through their whole lives without killing anybody. False argument.

The world demands I make good choices on no information, and then blames my maidenhood for my mistakes, as if my maidenhood were responsible for my ignorance. Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.

This is the most important thing I will ever say to you. The human mind is the ultimate testing device. You can take all the notes you want on the technical data, anything you forget you can look up again, but this must be engraved on your hearts in letters of fire. There is nothing, nothing, nothing, more important to me in the men and women I train than their absolute personal integrity. Whether you function as welders or inspectors, the laws of physics are implacable lie detectors. You may fool men. You will never fool metal. That’s all.

There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone.

I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.

I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe." "'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir.