Everywhere in the world, men place all or most of the burden of raising children and maintaining the home on women, but pretend that this burden is not work; they do not reward it as work or count it as…

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My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine - everybody drinks water.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine - everybody drinks water.

Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?

Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?

When they kept you out it was because you were black; when they let you...

When they kept you out it was because you were black; when they let you...

Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.

Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.

Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.

Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.

Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of...

Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of...

All men are rapists and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes,...

All men are rapists and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes,...

Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relations with men, in their relations...

Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relations with men, in their relations...

'I hate discussions of feminism that end up with who does the dishes,' she said....

'I hate discussions of feminism that end up with who does the dishes,' she said....

To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is...

To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is...

Men's need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or...

Men's need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or...

Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are...

Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are...

One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a...

One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a...

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a...

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a...

Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.

Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.

Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are...

Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are...

You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my...

You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Little by little one walks far

Little by little one walks far