Marriage accustomed one to the good things, so one came to take them for granted, but it magnified the bad things, so they came to feel as painful as a grain in one's eye. An open window, a forgotten quart of milk, a TV set left blaring, socks on the bathroom floor could become occasions for incredible rage.
Marilyn FrenchMy feelings about men are the result of my experience. I have little sympathy for them. Like a Jew just released from Dachau, I watch the handsome young Nazi soldier fall writhing to the ground with a bullet in his stomach and I look briefly and walk on. I donโt even need to shrug. I simply donโt care. What he was, as a person, I mean, what his shames and yearnings were, simply donโt matter.
Marilyn Frenchin a way it doesn't matter whether you open doors or close them, you still end up in a box.
Marilyn FrenchNothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?
Marilyn FrenchLater, she would remember these years, and realize with astonishment that she had, by fifteen, decided on most of the assumptions she would carry for the rest of her life: that people were essentially not evil, that perfection was death, that life was better than order and a little chaos good for the soul. Most important, this life was all. Unfortunately, she forgot these things, and had to remember them the hard way.
Marilyn French