“As Selma James, Mariarosa Dalla Costa, and Silvia Federici pointed out in the 1970s, and Nancy Fraser has argued since, the family as a site of feminine care serves capitalism by giving men emotional and sexual compensation for the coercion of market relations.”
― The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
― The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
“Lymond considered this with every appearance of seriousness. “I see. Thus the baseness of my morals is redeemed by the stature of my manners? You admire consistency?”
“Yes, I do.”
“But prefer consistency in evil to consistency in good?”
“The choice is hypothetical.”
“Lord; is it? What an exciting past you must have.”
“I despise mediocrity,” stated the young man firmly.
“And you would also despise me if I practised evil but professed purity?”
“Yes. I should.”
“I see. What you are really saying, of course, is that you dislike hypocrisy, and people who can’t stand by their principles.”
― The Game of Kings
“Yes, I do.”
“But prefer consistency in evil to consistency in good?”
“The choice is hypothetical.”
“Lord; is it? What an exciting past you must have.”
“I despise mediocrity,” stated the young man firmly.
“And you would also despise me if I practised evil but professed purity?”
“Yes. I should.”
“I see. What you are really saying, of course, is that you dislike hypocrisy, and people who can’t stand by their principles.”
― The Game of Kings
“I don’t mind,” said Redhead recklessly, “what crimes I commit, as long as they’ve got a sensible purpose. Wanton injury and destruction, of course, are just juvenile.”
“Of course,” said the Master, digesting this remarkable statement. “Then let us be adult at all costs.”
― The Game of Kings
“Of course,” said the Master, digesting this remarkable statement. “Then let us be adult at all costs.”
― The Game of Kings
“Intentions, yours or anyone else’s, don’t matter; they never matter and never excuse: get that into your head.”
― The Game of Kings
― The Game of Kings
“You choose to play God, and the Deity points out that the post is already adequately filled.”
― The Game of Kings
― The Game of Kings
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