I need the reality of other people, work, to fulfill myself. Must never become a mere mother and housewife.

I've eaten a bag of Green apples. Boarded the train, there's no getting off

I believe that one should be able to control and manipulate experiences, even the most terrific, like madness, being tortured, this sort of experience, and one should be able to manipulate these experiences with an informed and an intelligent mini.

I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow.

Widow. The word consumes itself.

I don't see,' I said, 'how people stand being old. Your insides all dry up. When you're young you're so self-reliant. You don't even need much religion.

If only a group of people were more important to me than the idea of a Novel, I might begin a novel.