Many women, particularly young women, have claimed the right to use the most explicit sex terms, including extremely vulgar ones, in public as well as private. But it is men, far more than women, who have been liberated by this change. For now that women use these terms, men no longer need to watch their own language in the presence of women. But is this a gain for women?

It was not until we saw the picture of the earth, from the moon, that we realized how small and how helpless this planet is - something that we must hold in our arms and care for.

Keeping even the most humble talent wrapped in a napkin becomes the more reprehensible the greater the emergency.

Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.

There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.

Cynicism is the other thing that goes with sentimentality.

The assumption that men and woman are essentially alike in all respects, or even in the most important ones, is a damaging one, as damaging as the assumption that they are different in ways in which they aren't different, perhaps more so.