All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.

Lots of men hate women now-a-days. ... It was a man-made world, and now we're asking to go shares in the making.

Personally, I think it's a good way to let a child start right in with the laws of Nature before he's old enough to be surprised at them.

Love comes into your being like a tidal wave ... sometimes it withdraws like a wave, till there isn't such a thing as a pool left, and every bit of your heart is as dry as seaweed beyond the wave's reach.

We do good by ourselves, but we seldom do wrong alone.

if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.

... what most people tell you a confidence for is to get something off their chest which hasn't really been on it. They don't necessarily want to hide the truth from you, but they're out to hide it from themselves