"How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the edge of the cliff."

"Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size."

"The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their courage. I like their completeness. I like their absence of humbug."

"I detest the masculine point of view. I am bored by the male view of life. I am nauseated by the male fiction."

"The only way to be happy is to love your enemies."