But the silly male fool is often unaware of how much a look,a touch, a word can hold for a woman.Nor does he seem to have any idea at all of the degree to which their absence can make her cross,resentful ,tiresome." This is from her essay "The Power Men have over Women

Marya Mannes

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.

environmental abuse revenge

Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a mome... by Marya Mannes

Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.

dignity able life-is

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

our-society inspirational reality

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

effort maturity art

We pity or condemn the communist peoples of the world for being bound in the chains of doctrine. So are we. Our doctrine runs as follows: Our Way is the Only Way.

doctrine running world

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the sure... by Marya Mannes

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

seduction women lovers

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere. by Marya Mannes

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

sincere sound

Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.

accused honest way

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look w... by Marya Mannes

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.

horse car people

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be... by Marya Mannes

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained.

age-and-youth effort art

The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so. by Marya Mannes

The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.

leaks

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow. by Marya Mannes

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow.

down-and nature lying

For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves.

chance may two

Until we know what motivates the hearts and minds of men we can understand nothing outside ourselves, nor will we ever reach fulfillment as that greatest miracle of all, the human being.

miracle heart men

Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid... by Marya Mannes

Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid of losing what they had.

progress change fear

Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal. by Marya Mannes

Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal.

strings generosity inspirational

The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incubator of the spirit.

being-alone space loneliness

The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they... by Marya Mannes

The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.

communication political people

I would call an intellectual one whose instrument of work - his mind - is also his major source of pleasure; a man whose entertainment is his intelligence.

intellectual mind men

Self-restraint may be alien to the human temperament, but humanity without restraint will dig its own grave.

humanity self may