Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why…

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It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is...

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is...

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct...

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct...

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come...

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come...

Drosselmeier had unwittingly exposed himself to an overdose of reality, and it had destroyed his...

Drosselmeier had unwittingly exposed himself to an overdose of reality, and it had destroyed his...

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not...

Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not...

A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside...

A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside...

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany...

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany...

We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to...

We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to...

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high...

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high...

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.