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. -Marya Mannes Future
If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring. -Marya Mannes Money
Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them. -Marya Mannes Women
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. -Marya Mannes Romantic
The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason. -Marya Mannes Intelligence
