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Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol read more
Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that: mother of the earth, slut of the universe; but she never becomes herself because it is forbidden for her to do so.
A woman who pretends to laugh at love is like a child who sings at night when he is afraid
A woman who pretends to laugh at love is like a child who sings at night when he is afraid
In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson articles suggesting that women can learn read more
In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson articles suggesting that women can learn to fix things just as well as men. These articles are apparently based on the ludicrous assumption that _men_ know how to fix things, when in fact all they know how to do is _look_ at things in a certain squinty-eyed manner, which they learned in Wood Shop; eventually, when enough things in the home are broken, they take a job requiring them to transfer to another home.
Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at.
Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in read more
Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.