Godlessness Invariably Produces Vulgarity. Civilization Is The

Dedication To One's Work In The World Is The Only Possible Sanctifica-tion. Religion In All Its Forms Is Dedication To Someone Else's Work, Not Yours.

History ... Isn't Simply What Has Happened. It's A Judgment On What Has Happened.

Women Who Write With An Overriding Consciousness That They Write As Women Are Engaged Not In Aspiration Toward Writing, But Chiefly In A Politics Of Sex.

If We Had To Say What Writing Is, We Would Have To Define It Essentially As An Act Of Courage.

When Something Does Not Insist On Being Noticed, When We Aren't Grabbed By The Collar Or Struck On The Skull By A Presence Or An Event, We Take For Granted The Very Things That Most Deserve Our Gratitude.