As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our preferences for their own ends.
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990
"It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly."
- Isaac Asimov
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.