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Carolyn G. Heilbrun quotes: Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told.

Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun quotes: Ours is a long marriage, and we have found solitude together. [p. 23]

Ours is a long marriage, and we have found solitude together. [p. 23]

Carolyn G. Heilbrun quotes: A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.

A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun quotes: To continue what one had been doing which was Dante's idea of hell is, I came to see, and the vision frightened me, easy in one's sixties.

To continue what one had been doing
which was Dante's idea of hell
is, I came to see, and the vision frightened me, easy in one's sixties.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun quotes: Unfortunately, power is something that women abjure once they perceive the great difference between the lives possible to men and to women ...

Unfortunately, power is something that women abjure once they perceive the great difference between the lives possible to men and to women ...

Carolyn G. Heilbrun quotes: What one remembers is, I think, a clue to what one wants to be.

What one remembers is, I think, a clue to what one wants to be.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun quotes: Ideas move fast when their time comes.

Ideas move fast when their time comes.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun quotes: Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort.

Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun quotes: All good marriages are remarriages.

All good marriages are remarriages.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun quotes: Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.

Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.