The machine conceals the machinations.

Art is action. The way I live my life to its highest degree is by writing, the practice of art.

A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather hang on to the assumptions and ban the book.

One must work with time and not against it.

I can never get used to the fact, though I know it, that women are born cynics. Men have to learn cynicism. Infant girls could teach it to them.

The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.

In general she had found that the main drawback in being a man was that conversations were less interesting.