“Consciousness of exclusion through naming is acute. Identities seem contradictory, partial, and strategic.”

“No young woman of good breeding should show exclusive partiality to one partner all night.”

“A name can't begin to encompass the sum of all her parts. But that's the magic of names, isn't it? That the complex, contradictory individuals we are can be called up complete and whole in another mind through the simple sorcery of a name.”

“Earth pollution identical with Mind pollution, consciousness Pollution identical with filthy sky”

“...this protracted war will pass through three stages. The first stage covers the period of the enemy's strategic offensive and our strategic defensive. The second stage will be the period of the enemy's strategic consolidation and our preparation for the counter-offensive. The third stage will be the period of our strategic counter-offensive and the enemy's strategic retreat.”

“In despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.”