“Let's write one together,” Lila said once, and that filled me with joy.”
― My Brilliant Friend
― My Brilliant Friend
“The waste of intelligence. A community that finds it natural to suffocate with the care of home and children so many women’s intellectual energies is its own enemy and doesn’t realize it.” I waited in silence”
― Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
― Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
“I never dreamed that one day it would be one of my favorite everyday words. Fuck this, fucking that, don’t give a fuck. I love it. It’s perfect for emphasis!”
― Ten Women
― Ten Women
“the only truth is that every human being is a small island. You can build bridges, but you’ll always be an island and everything else is a lie.”
― Ten Women
― Ten Women
“I go to great lengths to be a good mother. I’m constantly revising my attitudes, which detracts from the spontaneity, and I will be judged for it in the future, there’s no doubt. You always do badly as a mother, if not because of this, then because of that. The guilt will always be there, no matter what.”
― Ten Women
― Ten Women
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