I Have Been A Woman For Fifty

I Believe In The Gods; Or Rather I Believe That I Believe In The Gods. But I Don't Believe That They Are Great Brooding Presences Watching Over Us; I Believe They Are Completely Absent Minded.

Is A Park Any Better Than A Coal Mine? What's A Mountain Got That A Slag Pile Hasn't? What Would You Rather Have In Your Garden--an Almond Tree Or An Oil Well?

Only The Mediocre Are Always At Their Best.

The Brave Men Die In War. It Takes Great Luck Or Judgment Not To Be Killed. Once‚ At Least‚ The Head Has To Bow And The Knee Has To Bend To Danger. The Soldiers Who March Back Under The Triumphal Arches Are Death's Deserters.

Water Is The One Substance From Which The Earth Can Conceal Nothing; It Sucks Out Its Innermost Secrets And Brings Them To Our Very Lips.