“Its not a story in which the characters grow up, but a story in which they draw on something already inside them, brought out by the particular circumstances. I want my young friends to live like that, and I think they, too, have such a wish.”
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“When we think we know people inside out and we think we know what's best for them we should try to remember we don't even know what's best for ourselves.”
“One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.”
“We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.”
“A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.”
“Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.”
“Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering.”
“Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.”
“We frequently are troublesome to others, when we think it impossible for us ever to be so.”
“It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking.”
“I don't think there's any intrinsic difference between a lover and a husband. ... If I were cynical, I would say that a woman should have both a good husband and a lover. But I'm not cynical so I'll just say that a woman should have a lover who's a good husband and a husband who's a good lover, perhaps both.”
“There are many women who write as they think they should write - to imitate men and make a place for themselves in literature.”
“I think I learned pretty early that in the end, its only you. To an extent, youre all alone.”
“People think I'm crazy because I travel too much, but I haven't been doing any of that lately because I got a little sick this year and I've tried to take care of it.”
“I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born, in principle, in a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The anomaly of their sexuality puts them in danger, unexpectedly.”
“I do not know what I think until I write it.”
“Money enables us to get what we want instead of what other people think we want.”
“There is nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine ... been here 4 1/2 billion years. We've been here, what, a 100,000 years, maybe 200,000. And we've only been engaged in heavy industry a little over 200 years. 200 years versus 4 1/2 billion. And we have the conceit to think that somehow we're a threat? The planet isn't going away. We are.”
“When you think about it, 12:15 P.M. is actually 11:75 A.M.”
“I've never been quarantined. But the more I look around the more I think it might not be a bad idea.”