“Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night- she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-- 'Is this all?”
― The Feminine Mystique
― The Feminine Mystique
“True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion.”
― Stand a Little Taller: Counsel and Inspiration for Each Day of the Year
― Stand a Little Taller: Counsel and Inspiration for Each Day of the Year
“How does one become a butterfly? They have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”
― Hope for the Flowers
― Hope for the Flowers
“Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.”
― Notebook
― Notebook
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