“…there is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls.”
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
“Real women don’t have flushes, they have power surges.”
“The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.”
“Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We’re not inherently anything but human.”
“You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.”
“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
“Spontaneity is the quality of being able to do something just because you feel like it at the moment, of trusting your instincts, of taking yourself by surprise and snatching from the clutches of your well-organized routine a bit of unscheduled pleasure.”
