Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

People have so manipulated the concept of freedom that it finally boils down to the right of the stronger and richer to take from the weaker and poorer whatever they still have.

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

There is no love that is not an echo.

Knowledge, which is power, knows no limits, either in its enslavement of creation or in its deference to worldly masters.

The power of the culture industry's ideology is such that conformity has replaced consciousness

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

A succubus on the set. Strike that, the health-conscious kid sister made it two… succubuses. Succubusees? Succubi? Stupid Latin correspondence course.

Depression is state of deep anxiety.

Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period of time.

Every language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

I have a lot of empathy for women who fit their writing into the crevices of their too-busy lives, as I once did.

A woman needs to enjoy life a little bit more. Needs to think about family, needs to think about kids.

I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.

It's very hard to fail completely, if you aim high enough.

I'm working on my house and playing with my fire pit and kind of just hanging around and making my home feel homey.

You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel.