A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.

Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.

You got the impression that he never needed to sleep - just ten-thousand-mile checkups and dust him off occasionally.

A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes. This may be the purpose of the universe.

Dad claims that library science is the foundation of all sciences just as math is the key -- and we will survive or founder, depending on how well the librarians do their jobs. Librarians didn't look glamorous to me but maybe Dad had hit on a not very obvious truth.