“It is in the interests of both sexes to hear the other sex's experience of powerlessness.”

“I am a men's liberationist (or "masculist") when men's liberation is defined as equal opportunity and equal responsibility for both sexes. I am a feminist when feminism favors equal opportunities a...”

“Mens greatest weakness is their facade of strength, and womens greatest strength is their facade of weakness.”

“When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.”

“When a man is able to connect with his feelings, he is able to care more.”

“Boys with a 'failure to launch' are invisible to most girls. With poor social skills, the boys feel anger at their fear of being rejected and self-loathing at their inability to compete.”

“There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down.”

“Oblivion, she thought. That was the world she lived in. It was what they should name some countries, towns, and places.”

“A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.'Quite often men are fools.”

“I have always found that actively lovingsaves one from a morbid preoccupationwith the shortcomings of society.”

“Those who complain that fate is against them will have a hard time finding happiness in their lives”

“Complaining is truly my strongest weakness.”

“I collect words--they are sweets in the mouth of sound.”

“Sometimes, when people speak, I cease listening to their words and zoom in instead on the cadence, and it can seem lovely, and at other times absurd, all this verbiage, these seemingly random conso...”

“By its definition, sound is interactive. It is you connecting with the frequency of something greater or richer through hearing. Likewise, when your sound goes out, you can no longer hear the sound...”