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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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Achievement Been Denigarte Divorce Hard Marriage Much Three Time Women Work World
Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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Artists Earth Household Housewife Perhaps Sense Tender Were
The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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Being Between Body Create Different Do Drive Everything Human Little Men Office Only Simultaneously Tractor Women Work
There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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Against Always Backlash Idea Progressive
Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Doing Fera Right Sign Something Usually
The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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Feel How Joy Much Pain Trick
Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Believe Element Function Our Unhappiness
Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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Age Ceremony Coming Divorce Generation
Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Can Delegate Finally Motherhood Not
The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I’m thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho.
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Been Country Daughter Feminist Greatest Lover Mary People Person
Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Anger Disappoint Hope Really
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Advice Answer Become Get Good Happy Married Philosopher Socrates Wife Wish
It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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City Liquid Migrate Mirror Once Soul Stone
I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
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Abortion Again Back Battle Birth Going Hope Keep Over Right Same Territory Win
Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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Come Dog Live Love Loyalty
I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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Ever How Know Life Made Think Touch Understand

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