And there isn't any way that one can get rid of the guilt of having a nice body by saying that one can serve society with it, because that would end up with oneself as what? There simply doesn't seem to be any moral place for flesh.
Margaret DrabbleThe women are always vixens or monsters. They can't just be normal people in the book.
Margaret DrabblePerhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being it.
Margaret Drabble