it is through the ghost [writer] that the great gift of knowledge which the inarticulate have for the world can be made available.

Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?

Humor is an antidote to isolation.

it is through the ghost [writer] that the great gift of knowledge which the inarticulate have for the world can be made available.

The idea of power as a possession, whose asset can be banked and drawn on when needed, comes easy to a society whose rules grow out of the methods of finance capitalism.

Love between women is seen as a paradigm of love between equals, and that is perhaps its greatest attraction.

We are in a double bind. We are expected to feel inferior not only as women, but because we are old.