There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live and the will to die.

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Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither...

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go...

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go...

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only...

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only...

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I write books to find out about things.

I write books to find out about things.

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing...

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing...

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...