“Women see through and through each other; and often we most admire her whom they most scorn.”

“Most women you know are very much interested in the man who is reputed to be deeply admired by other women.”

“It often happens that we are most touched by what we are least capable of. Evanescent delicacy is not the quality in the arts that I admire most, but it is often the characteristic by which I am most reduced to envy.”

“Those whom we love are often the most alien to us.”

“Most beautiful, good things were done by women people scorn.”

“Friendship is the positive and unalterable choice of a person whom we have singled out for qualities that we most admire.”

“Most joyful let the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see.”

“We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means--all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity.”

“It's impossible for men and women who love each other not to hurt each other now and then, but most women would settle happily for a man who tried not to cause the same hurt twice.”

“Friends see most of each other’s flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit.”