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“Writing about sex turns out to be just writing about life.”
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“I see no present solution of a great and intricate problem but that the rich should realize their duty to the poor.”
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“... a woman's life ... had two parts, one when she must transmit, like stored honey, all that she had to give. Then, unlike the queen bee, she did not die, her work done; but out of the inexhaustible core of her deepest personality, started in again to weave for herself a soul, a being, strong enough to face the rigors of eternity.”
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“If, while watching the sun set on a used-car lot in Los Angeles, you are struck by the parallels between this image and the inevitable fate of humanity, do not, under any circumstances, write it down.”
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“Caution is the instinct of the weaker animals ...”
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“... the creative mind is as delicately balanced as the needle trembling in a compass; the presence of antagonistic metal deflects it instantly.”
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“A good marriage shuts out a very great deal.”
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“... the belief in a superstratum of human beings ... is the most evil of all beliefs. For when you say, 'I am not as other men' — you have lost the two most valuable qualities we have ever tried to attain: — humility and brotherhood.”