Be who you really are, do what you want to do, in order to have what you really want.

I learned to observe the world around me, and to note what I saw

My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.

there are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.

With the exception of the few cases to be discussed in the next chapter, adolescence represented no period of crisis or stress, but was instead an orderly developing of a set of slowly maturing interests and activities.

... some veil between childhood and the present is necessary. If the veil is withdrawn, the artistic imagination sickens and dies, the prophet looks in the mirror with a disillusioned and cynical sneer, the scientist goes fishing.

The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason why they don't die, but men die when they retire. Women just polish the teacups.