What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence...

Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence...

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

Romance is everything.

Romance is everything.

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

I owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

It is no surprise to me that hardly anyone tells the truth about how they...

It is no surprise to me that hardly anyone tells the truth about how they...