“Many Abolitionists have yet to learn the ABC of woman's rights.”

“We are all fools sometimes, child, yet a wise woman learns to limit how often.”

“The Abolitionist… must see that he has neither the right or power of operating except by moral means and suasion.”

“You have no right to be jealous of a woman who wants to be more of a woman by watching a man dressed up as a woman.”

“To the right I see the forces which lead to dystopia. It is the big corporation which built the tower on top of the small hill which tells me: "Fly ABC Fortresses!" Airplanes have to be built like fortresses to avoid skyjacking attacks by the passengers.”

“Authors have a greater right than any copyright, though it is generally unacknowledged or disregarded. They have a right to the reader's civility. There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it, and to these the author has a claim. Yet many people think that when they buy a book they buy with it the right to abuse the author.”

“Oh, escape is easy once you have the right plan.'
'Do we have the right plan?'
'Not yet.'
'Do we have any plan?'
'Not yet.”

“["The Devil in the Dark"] impressed me because it presented the idea, unusual in science fiction thennow, that something weird, and even dangerous, need not be malevolent. That is a lesson that many of today's politicians have yet to learn.”

“Naming is important. In many black cultures you learn the importance of giving the right name or not naming things…”

“Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.”