I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to…

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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no...

Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world...

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world...

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring...

To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive,...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive,...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a...

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a...

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by...

My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by...

By that sin fell the angels.

By that sin fell the angels.

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view...

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view...

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his...

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his...