I found that my name signed to a check was even more welcome than when signed to a letter.

Courage was America's watchword, but a courage of the body rather than of the soul - physical courage, not moral.

It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.

There is a point at which curiosity becomes unbearable, when it becomes an obsession, like hunger.

... if one can remember without loving, then couldn't one love without remembering?

[To her frequently needed plumber:] How would you like to be adopted? I'm sure it would be cheaper.

I believe that the matter is automatically self-regulating; that those women who prefer the home and have an ability for it will eventually return to it; that others, like myself, will compromise; and that still others, temperamentally unfitted for it, will remain in the world to add to its productivity.