Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on the cake, sweet but not nourishing.

The middle years of life come on like thunder.

The average reader can contemplate with considerable fortitude the sorrows and disappointments of someone else.

Never underestimate the power of a woman.

I think this is the greatest and best country in all the world, with its great sunlit spaces and its long long roads, and best of all the roads that are not made yet, and the stories that no one has told because they are too busy living them.

War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be.

Women who set a low value of themselves make life hard for all women.