Vicki

“What I don't understand is where women suddenly get power. Because they do. The kids, who almost always turn out to be a pile of shit, are, we all know, Mommy's fault. Well, how did she manage that, this powerless creature? Where was all her power during the years she was doing five loads of laundry a week and worrying about mixing the whites with the colors? How was she able to offset Daddy's positive influence? How come she never knows she has this power until afterward, when it gets called responsibility?”
― Marilyn French, The Women's Room

“There are worse words than cuss-words, there are words that hurt.”
― Tillie Olsen, Tell Me a Riddle

“I've known for a long time that hypocrisy is the secret of sanity. You mustn't let them know you know.”
― Marilyn French, The Women's Room

“But there is more – to rebel against what will not let life be.”
― Tillie Olsen, Yonnondio: From the Thirties