Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.

You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.

A writer is hoisted up onto a pedestal only to scrutinize him more closely and conclude that it was a mistake to put him up there in the first place.

Women aren't more easily swayed by fascism than men, but I believe that their situation makes them in effect more slavish than men.

If you are truly on the left, if you reject ideas of power and hierarchy, what you want is equality. Otherwise, it won't work at all.

it is true that nothing is gained without something being lost: everyone knows that in fulfilling oneself one necessarily sacrifices some possibilities.

What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?