Most mother-women give up whatever ghost of a unique and human self they may have when they 'marry' and raise children.
Phyllis CheslerWomen must convert their love for and reliance on strength and skill in others to a love for all manner of strength and skill in themselves
Phyllis CheslerIt is no accident that stock exchange floors - in addition to bedroom floors - bring out the noisy blood, the flushed cheek, and the passionate cries of men. Most men are making love when they make 'magical' amounts of money.
Phyllis CheslerJews have always yearned for Jerusalem, from which they'd been exiled many times, but they also yearned for each and every one of the countries where they had been persecuted and where their ancestors once lived and are still buried.
Phyllis CheslerGoddesses never die. They slip in and out of the world's cities, in and out of our dreams, century after century, answering to different names, dressed differently, perhaps even disguised, perhaps idle and unemployed, their official altars abandoned, their temples feared or simply forgotten.
Phyllis Chesler