Being a mother is a noble status, right? Right. So why does it change when you put 'unwed' or 'welfare' in front of it?

... anybody with the brains and energy to become a teacher ought to want to become something better.

At my age...I'm going to do what I want and I haven't got time for anything else.

There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the pain we encounter.

Prostitutes don't sell their bodies, they rent their bodies. Housewives sell their bodies when they get married.

Trying to help an oppressed person is like trying to put your arm around somebody with a sunburn.

Countermovements among racists and sexists and nazifiers are just as relentless as dirt on a coffee table. . . . Every housewife knows that if you don't sooner or later dust . . . the whole place will be dirty again.