To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.

Man is a talking animal and he will always let himself be swayed by the power of the word. Machines won't change human nature.

To be a woman, if not a defect, is at least a peculiarity.

To show your true ability is always, in a sense, to surpass the limits of your ability, to go a little beyond them: to dare, to seek, to invent; it is at such a moment that new talents are revealed, discovered, and realized

Cooking is revolution and creation.

My worst mistake has been not grasping that time goes by. It was going by and there I was, set in the attitude of the ideal wife of an ideal husband. Instead of bringing our sexual relationship to life again I brooded happily over memories of our former nights together.

It's not a very big step from contentment to complacency.