“You must be the best judge of your own happiness.”

“Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!”

“She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.”

“How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!”

“Happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.”

“Without music, life would be a blank to me.”

“The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only made sense if you had a strong man willing to step up and get things done, and betwee...”

“Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.”

“There are as many violent women as men, but there's a lot of money in hating men, particularly in the United States -- millions of dollars. It isn't a politically good idea to threaten the huge bud...”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”