Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion