He said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

Well, it is true. Sometimes avoiding something can give it more and more meaning rather than less and less.

They want me. I want them. I want this place. I want everything to be simple and beautiful and warm.

No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid.

The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.

I'll fight somebody in my backyard for free, just to see if I'm better than him.

Why we are here is an impenetrable question.

The difficulty that contestation must be done in the name of an authority is resolved this: I contest in the name of contestation what experience itself is.

To not want children or not be considerate of them is a very unwomanly thing to be, from a certain point of view.

I can try to wheedle information out of people," Holly offered. "For which I'll need a lower-cut top.

If you loved once, and if you cared once, you never really stop. And if you build a true foundation, a true friendship, that never really goes away.