"For masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the s…"

"I am reading the life of Queen Victoria. She was a very stupid woman."

"I have a great mind to write a book about the horrors of marriage."

"I thought how unpleasant it is to be a woman. I am so glad I am not a woman."

"I am not afraid of death, I am afraid of life."