The gate is narrow but not the life. The gate opens out into largeness of life.

I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal.

But you will find yourself disarmed utterly, and your accusing spirit transformed into loving forgiveness the moment you remember that you did, in fact, marry only a sinner, and so did he.

What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the Serpents offer and had said to him instead, "Let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be -- let me be a woman?

You cannot explore the universe if you think that you are the center of it.

Desire is a great virtue, but expectation is an even greater vice.

Are you a fortune-teller? A clairvoyant? If not, why anticipate the worst for yourself? We predict events will turn out in a negative way because our self-beliefs are limiting.

Just what part does the State play in production to warrant its rake-off? The State does not give; it merely takes.

Sometimes I just walk through; I just show up, as in The Other Sister.

I learn from my mistakes. It’s a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there’s no gain.

True love is like religion. It is full of devotion and free of doubt.

Chef's choice is my favorite. I'm super adventurous.

Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it.

We poets would die of loneliness but for women, and we choose our men friends that we may have somebody to talk about women with. Letter to Olivia Shakespeare, 1936