Gale Martin > Quotes

“For a woman to be taken as seriously as a man she must be three times as effective. Happily, this is not difficult.--Simone de Beauvoir”
― Gale Martin, Grace Unexpected

“When men were ready to marry, look out.
Their evolution busted out all over. They nabbed the closest female hanging out near their caves, anyone who looked like she would clean his woolly mammoth tunics down by the creek, keep his fires burning, bear his children, and tote his brood around on a fur-clad hip.”
― Gale Martin

“If you’ve ever grown zucchini, you know they all ripen the same day. You wait all of June and July for zucchini. August rolls around, and one day—bam! You have more zucchini than you know what to do with. You start handing them out to your neighbors and friends at work because there’s no way any single person can handle all that zucchini. Not even if you’re smart and resourceful and have accumulated dozens of good recipes, not even a person who likes zucchini as much as I do.--Grace Savage”
― Gale Martin, Grace Unexpected

“When men were ready to marry, look out.
Their evolution busted out all over. They nabbed the closest female hanging out near their caves, anyone who looked like she would clean his wooly mammoth tunics down by the creek, keep his fires burning, bear his children, and tote his brood around on a fur-clad hip.--Ellie Overton”
― Gale Martin, Who Killed 'Tom Jones'?

“She must be forty years older than him. It was all right for a man to be that much older in a relationship but not for a woman.”
― Gale Martin, Don Juan in Hankey, PA

“certainly, that rich old men retained the power and influence amassed throughout life while age alone stripped women of theirs. But a reality nonetheless.”
― Gale Martin, Don Juan in Hankey, PA

“It takes more than a beautiful face to turn my head,” she said, thinking, or a big phallus, especially if the man was acting like a big phallus.”
― Gale Martin, Don Juan in Hankey, PA

“Never divulge your cologne. Next thing you know, all the women around you will be wearing your special scent. And it won't be special anymore.”
― Gale Martin, Don Juan in Hankey, PA

“thinking that as long as there was a fresh supply of willing women, men like Leandro didn't change.”
― Gale Martin, Don Juan in Hankey, PA