yet some more on the topic of men and women…from the great Oz

“Woman,” Grandpa said, “nu, in some ways she is just like us. Exactly the same. But in some other ways,” he said, “a woman is entirely different. Very very different.”

He paused here and pondered it for a while, maybe conjuring up images in his mind, his childlike smile lit his face, and he concluded his lesson:

“But you know what? In which ways a woman is just like us and in which ways she is very very different—nu, on this,” he concluded, rising from his chair, “I am still working.”

He was ninety-three, and he may well have continued to “work” on the question to the end of his days. I am still working on it myself.

From A Tale of Love and Darkness, a memoir by Amos Oz.