“What persuades men and women to mistake each other from time to time for gods and vermin is ideology.”
“Though at that time men and women tried each other on, casually, like suits, rejecting whatever did not fit.”
“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of thosewho are throughout persuaded of each other's worth”
“The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. We must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.”
“What is a man?What is a woman?Why are men and women attracted to each other?Why do they desire each other?Love...what is it?”
“Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other.”