“I only care for the subjective life; I am very German, you see: The woods interest me, and the world does not.”

“The world never leaves one in ignorance or in peace.”

“One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.--"Wanda”

“Woman's fatal weakness is to desire sympathy and comprehension.--"Wanda”

“I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.”

“Is there a more pitiable spectacle than that of a wife contending with others for that charm in her husband's sight which no philters and no prayers can renew when once it has fled forever?Women ar...”

“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.”

“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”

“When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women”

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”