“The world won’t get more or less terrible if we’re indoors somewhere with a mug of hot chocolate,’ Kim said. ‘Though it’s possible it will seem slightly less terrible if there are marshmallows in the hot chocolate.”
― Burnt Shadows
― Burnt Shadows
“We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we turn, among other things, to stories. To write a story, to read a story, is to be a refugee from the state of refugees. Writers and readers seek a solution to the problem that time passes, that those who have gone are gone and those who will go, which is to say every one of us, will go. For there was a moment when anything was possible. And there will be a moment when nothing is possible. But in between we can create.”
― How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
― How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
“In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens. It would be a great service to tell girls who plan to work in society to expect this subtle, uncomfortable discrimination--tell them not to be quiet, and hope it will go away, but fight it. A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex, but neither should she "adjust" to prejudice and discrimination”
― The Feminine Mystique
― The Feminine Mystique
“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.”
― A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
― A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
― Chance
― Chance
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