I have always regarded divorce as essentially disagreeable, like castor oil, but necessary.

Girls inevitably grew into women, but something of the boy persisted in every man.

War is a thing of fearful and curious anomalies ... It has shown that government by men only is not an appeal to reason, but an appeal to arms; that on women, without a voice to protest, must fall the burden. It is easier to die than to send a son to death.

I have never learned to say 'gas' for gasoline. It seems to me as absurd as if I were to say 'but' for butter.

A cat and a Bible, and nobody needs to be lonely.

it is axiomatic with most writing people that there are no such things as perfect conditions for work.

it's been my experience that the first few days of married life women are blind because they want to be and after that because they have to be.