People minus space equals Poverty ... What is living for? If the answer is a life of dignity, decency and opportunity, then every increase in population means a decrease in all three. The crowd is a threat to every single being.

Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions.

It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow.

You cannot know what you do not feel.

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive.

There is nothing harder to come by than detachment and solitude; and nothing more important.