I never had any preference for her, any more than I have a preference for breathing.

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

And certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we are so fond of it.

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something, having once existed, its effect is not to be done away with.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.

Blameless people are always the most exasperating.

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

I don't see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly.

Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.

Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.

The tides of change have great purpose in our lives.

The poet cannot invent new words every time, of course. He uses the words of the tribe. But the handling of the word, the accent, a new articulation, renew them.

One of the most radical things you can do, is to actually believe women when they tell you about their experiences.

I wouldn't say we were doing that. I think we probably stopped thinking. Though it took a while to stop thinking.

[Donald] Trump is not going to win... He's losing to Hillary [Clinton] in the latest polling.

Having a fantasy come true doesn't always mean it will be permanent.

Most people in this country, while they might not be happy about things, also are woefully ignorant about many things. Sometimes people can learn, but other times they have to be confronted.

Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand . . . what he learns and the way he understands it.

I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.

It would be easier to grow oak trees by planting marbles than for someone to be saved without the seed of the word.