It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true. – Gertrude Stein
It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them. – Gertrude Stein
That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back. – Gertrude Stein
When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that. – Gertrude Stein