Feminism is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isnt it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldnt it?

I feel as if I’m waiting for something dreadful to happen, and then I realize it already has.

Become such as you are, having learned what that is.

Hindsight's a wonderful thing. If we all had it there would be no history to write about.

(although anyone with half a brain must surely be mired in existential gloom all the time)

Sylvia loved secrets and even if she didn't have any secrets she made sure that you thought she did. Amelia had no secrets, Amelia knew nothing. When she grew up she planned to know everything and to keep it all a secret.

Sometimes I would like to cry. I close my eyes. Why weren't we designed so that we can close our ears as well? (Perhaps because we would never open them.) Is there some way that I could accelerate my evolution and develop earlids?