She saw she had fallen into the hands of one of those doctors who have strayed too far from apparent in the direction of the soul.

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience.

Marriage had certain commercial advantages. By it the man secures the exclusive right to the woman's body and by it, the woman binds the man to support her during the rest of her life.... A more disgraceful bargain was never struck.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

The earth itself is slightly resistant to routine.

His smile bore the same relation to a real smile as false teeth do to real teeth.

a good oyster cannot please the palate as acutely as a bad one can revolt it, and a good oyster cannot make him who eats it live for ever though a bad one can make him dead for ever.