A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral. On Civil Disobedience

Every physical quality admired by men in women is in direct connection with the manifold functions of women for the propagation of the species. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls? On Fairy-Stories

“No one ever arrives home,” she said amiably. “But when the paths of friends meet, the whole world looks like home for a while.” Demian