Marriage is traditionally the destiny offered to women by society. Most women are married or have been, or plan to be or suffer from not being.

My life was hurrying, racing tragically toward its end. And yet at the same time it was dripping so slowly, so very slowly now, hour by hour, minute by minute. One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.

A Darwinian nation of economic fitness abhors idleness, dependence, non-productivity.

In every society the artist or writer remains an outsider.

Old age is better for women than for men. First of all, they have less far to fall, since their lives are more mediocre than those of most men.

Harmony between two individuals is never granted-it has to be conquered indefinitely.

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.