As long as the family and the myth of the family ... have not been destroyed, women will still be oppressed.
A day in which I don't write leaves a taste of ashes.
A writer is hoisted up onto a pedestal only to scrutinize him more closely and conclude that it was a mistake to put him up there in the first place.
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me
To be a woman, if not a defect, is at least a peculiarity.
To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it's hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.