My father was the Jewish half of the family, yet it was my mother who taught me to have pride in that tradition.

We need to unlearn some of our respect for education, since it has undermined our respect for ourselves.

Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.

Women fear endangering men’s approval so much, we don’t even wait for them to say no. Or else we protect them, even if it means saying no to ourselves.

Down the stairs and up Fifth Avenue. Hippety- hop, I’m a Bunny!

Being able to support oneself allows one to choose a marriage out of love and not just economic dependence. It also allows one to risk that marriage.

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious.

Evil is obvious only in retrospect.

If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.

The main achievement of the Women’s Movement was the right to go Dutch.