“ When the Bolsheviks came to power they were soft and easy with their enemies... we had begun by making a mistake. Leniency towards such a power was a crime against the working classes. That soon became apparent... ”

“ Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs. ”

“ Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. ”

“ No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness. ”

“ If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world. ”

“ I don't give a shit what the world thinks. I was born a bitch, I was born a painter, I was born fucked. But I was happy in my way. You did not understand what I am. I am love. I am pleasure, I am essence, I am an idiot, I am an alcoholic, I am tenacious. I am; simply I am ... You are a shit. ”

“ When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. ”

“ The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. ”

“ A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen. ”

“ Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. ”

“ As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking. ”

“ My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break. ”