Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. . . . Women know where it lives but they can let it alone.
Source: Neaera, in Turtle Diary, ch. 18 (1975).
-- Russell Hoban, (Feb 4 1925-2011), US novielist, children's book author, artist; His works for children include Bedtime for Frances, 1960 and The Atomic Submarine; adult fiction includes Riddley Walker, 1986.