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

Retirement revives the sorrow of parting, the feeling of abandonment, solitude and uselessness that is caused by the loss of some beloved person.

It is perfectly natural for the future woman to feel indignant at the limitations posed upon her by her sex. The real question is not why she should reject them: the problem is rather to understand why she accepts them.

A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.

The writer can't stop her unconscious from showing up, that's certain.

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.

They [Americans] want to believe that Good and Evil can be defined in precise categories, that Good is already, or will be easily achieved. ... if this optimism appears too superficial, they will try to create a kind of anti-God: the U.S.S.R. That is Evil, and it only needs to be annihilated to re-establish the reign of Good.