One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know and read of the miseries which affect the world.

That's what being eccentric means--being natural.

Ah, I like the look of packing crates! A household in preparation for a journey! ... Something full of the flow of life, do you understand? Movement, progress...

The grim possibility is that she who 'hides her brains' will, more than likely, end up with a mate who is only equal to a woman with 'hidden brains' or none at all.

It's dangerous, son.' 'What's dangerous?' 'When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.

Obviously the most oppressed of any oppressed group will be its women

Sometimes, I can see the future stretched out in front of me - just as plain as day. The future hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me.