Primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civilization has an opposite, it is war.

The machine conceals the machinations.

If you deny any affinity with another person or kind of person, if you declare it to be wholly different from yourself

It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.

Besides, when you say you're a feminist it annoys the bigots and the old farts and the prissy ladies so much, it's kind of irresistible.

Maybe when you meet the people you are supposed to meet you know it, without knowing it.

Do you know how to read?" "No. It is one of the black arts." He nodded. "But a useful one," he said.