Only Very Coarse Persons Wanted Wars.

Every Event Has Had Its Cause, And Nothing, Not The Least Wind That Blows, Is Accident Or Causeless.

Every Great Mistake Has A Halfway Moment, A Split Second When It Can Be Recalled And Perhaps Remedied.

The Concept Of 'momism' Is Male Nonsense. It Is The Refuge Of A Man Seeking Excuses For His Own Lack Of Virility. I Have Listened To Many Women In Various Countries, And I Have Never Found A Woman Who Willingly 'mothers' Her Husband. The Very Idea Is Repulsive To Her. She Wants To Mother The Children While They Are Young, But Never Their Fathers. True, She May Be Forced Into The Role Of Mother By A Man's Weaknesses And Childishness, And Then She Accepts The Role With Dignity And Patience, Or With Anger And Impatience, But Always With A Secret, Profound Sadness Unexpressed And Inexpressible.

I Am An Inveterate Homemaker, It Is At Once My Pleasure, My Recreation, And My Handicap. Were I A Man, My Books Would Have Been Written In Leisure, Protected By A Wife And A Secretary And Various Household Officials. As It Is, Being A Woman, My Work Has Had To Be Done Between Bouts Of Homemaking.

I Do Not Believe In A Child World. It Is A Fantasy World. I Believe The Child Should Be Taught From The Very First That The Whole World Is His World, That Adult And Child Share One World, That All Generations Are Needed.