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Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement. The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: It does not do to trust people too much. It does not do to trust people too much.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The home is the center and circumference, the start and the finish, of most of our lives. The home is the center and circumference, the start and the finish, of most of our lives.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Through it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future. Through it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: It is not for nothing that a man's best friends sigh when he marries, especially if he is a man of genius. It is not for nothing that a man's best friends sigh when he marries, especially if he is a man of genius.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage. John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: It will be a great thing for the human soul when it finally stops worshipping backwards. It will be a great thing for the human soul when it finally stops worshipping backwards.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup. However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will. There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Said I, in scorn all burning hot,In rage and anger high,You ignominious idiot,Those wings are made to fly! Said I, in scorn all burning hot,In rage and anger high,You ignominious idiot,Those wings are made to fly!
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil. Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Legitimate sex-competition brings out all that is best in man. Legitimate sex-competition brings out all that is best in man.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: the human mind was no better than in its earliest period of savagery, only better informed the human mind was no better than in its earliest period of savagery, only better informed
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: There are the two of you - the two sexes- to love and help one another. It must be a rich and wonderful world There are the two of you - the two sexes- to love and help one another. It must be a rich and wonderful world
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The most familiar facts are often hardest to understand. The most familiar facts are often hardest to understand.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Maternal instinct, merely as an instinct, is unworthy of our superstitious reverence. Maternal instinct, merely as an instinct, is unworthy of our superstitious reverence.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: But only this-that people who are utterly ignorant will believe anything-which you certainly knew before. But only this-that people who are utterly ignorant will believe anything-which you certainly knew before.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The people people have for friends Your common sense appall But the people people marry Are the queerest folk of all. The people people have for friends
Your common sense appall
But the people people marry
Are the queerest folk of all.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver. There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Now why should that man have fainted? But he did,and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time! Now why should that man have fainted? But he did,and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time!
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: (I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind (I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The mother- poor invaded soul- finds even the bathroom door no bar to hammering little hands. The mother- poor invaded soul- finds even the bathroom door no bar to hammering little hands.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: But I MUST say what I feel and think in some way - it is such a relief! But the effort is getting to be greater than the relief. But I MUST say what I feel and think in some way - it is such a relief! But the effort is getting to be greater than the relief.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: A concept is stronger than a fact. A concept is stronger than a fact.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution. When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: But we were made to believe and not allowed to think. We were told to obey, rather than to experiment and investigate. But we were made to believe and not allowed to think. We were told to obey, rather than to experiment and investigate.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: To be surrounded by beautiful things has much influence upon the human creature; to make beautiful things has more. To be surrounded by beautiful things has much influence upon the human creature; to make beautiful things has more.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: What we do modifies us more than what is done to us. What we do modifies us more than what is done to us.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: A family unity which is only bound together with a table-cloth is of questionable value. A family unity which is only bound together with a table-cloth is of questionable value.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The best proof of man's dissatisfaction with the home is found in his universal absence from it. The best proof of man's dissatisfaction with the home is found in his universal absence from it.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: I do not want to be a fly,I want to be a worm! I do not want to be a fly,I want to be a worm!
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something. To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: For men obsessed with women's underwear, a course in washing, ironing and mending is recommended. For men obsessed with women's underwear, a course in washing, ironing and mending is recommended.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Nobody would believe what an effort it is to do what little I am able, - to dress and entertain, and order things Nobody would believe what an effort it is to do what little I am able, - to dress and entertain, and order things
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: While we flatter ourselves that things remain the same, they are changing under our very eyes from year to year, from day to day. While we flatter ourselves that things remain the same, they are changing under our very eyes from year to year, from day to day.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: It would have saved trouble had I remained Perkins from the first, this changing of women's names is a nuisance we are now happily outgrowing. It would have saved trouble had I remained Perkins from the first, this changing of women's names is a nuisance we are now happily outgrowing.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Fine blunderers in ethics we are, so generally conveying to children the basic impression that pleasantness must be wrong, and right doing unpleasant! Fine blunderers in ethics we are, so generally conveying to children the basic impression that pleasantness must be wrong, and right doing unpleasant!
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: He says no one can help me out of it, that I must use my will and self-control and not let any silly fancies run away with me. He says no one can help me out of it, that I must use my will and self-control and not let any silly fancies run away with me.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: They were inconveniently reasonable, these women. They were inconveniently reasonable, these women.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning. Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Here she comes, running, out of prison and off the pedestal: chains off, crown off, halo off, just a live woman. Here she comes, running, out of prison and off the pedestal: chains off, crown off, halo off, just a live woman.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The first duty of a human being is to assume the right relationship to society more briefly, to find your real job, and do it. The first duty of a human being is to assume the right relationship to society
more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time. Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The women who do the most work get the least money, and the women who have the most money do the least work. The women who do the most work get the least money, and the women who have the most money do the least work.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: To speak broadly, the troubles of life as we find them are mainly traceable to the heart or the purse. To speak broadly, the troubles of life as we find them are mainly traceable to the heart or the purse.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply. The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Where young boys plan for what they will achieve and attain, young girls plan for whom they will achieve and attain. Where young boys plan for what they will achieve and attain, young girls plan for whom they will achieve and attain.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world. A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: In a sick society, women who have difficulty fitting in are not ill but demonstrating a healthy and positive response. In a sick society, women who have difficulty fitting in are not ill but demonstrating a healthy and positive response.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: If a woman is really injured by her marriage, she should sue under the employer liability act. She should claim damagesnot alimony. If a woman is really injured by her marriage, she should sue under the employer liability act. She should claim damages
not alimony.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Love grows by service. Love grows by service.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it. The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: John is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious. I am glad my case is not serious! John is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious. I am glad my case is not serious!
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The fact is I am getting a little afraid of John. The fact is I am getting a little afraid of John.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: I always liked that Arab saying, 'First tie your camel and then trust in the Lord, I always liked that Arab saying, 'First tie your camel and then trust in the Lord,
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter. But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Not woman, but the condition of woman, has always been a doorway of evil. Not woman, but the condition of woman, has always been a doorway of evil.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The difference is great between one's outside "life," the things which happen to one, incidents, pains and pleasures, and one's "living." The difference is great between one's outside "life," the things which happen to one, incidents, pains and pleasures, and one's "living."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly developed, civilized, socialized. Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly developed, civilized, socialized.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: I ran against a Prejudice that quite cut off the view. I ran against a Prejudice that quite cut off the view.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: We grovel and "worship" and pray to God to do what we ourselves ought to have done a thousand years ago, and can do now, as soon as we choose. We grovel and "worship" and pray to God to do what we ourselves ought to have done a thousand years ago, and can do now, as soon as we choose.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The world is quite right. It does not have to be consistent. The world is quite right. It does not have to be consistent.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind. To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The softest, freest, most pliable and changeful living substance is the brain-the hardest and most iron-bound as well. The softest, freest, most pliable and changeful living substance is the brain-the hardest and most iron-bound as well.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight. It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: One religion after another has accepted and perpetuated man's original mistake in making a private servant of the mother of the race. One religion after another has accepted and perpetuated man's original mistake in making a private servant of the mother of the race.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: When we use our past merely as a guide-book, and concentrate our noble emotions on the present and future, we shall improve more rapidly. When we use our past merely as a guide-book, and concentrate our noble emotions on the present and future, we shall improve more rapidly.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: A man's honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it. A man's honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: I always lock the door when I creep by daylight. I always lock the door when I creep by daylight.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: I have preferred chloroform to cancer I have preferred chloroform to cancer
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: There's heaven. There it is. What more do we mean? People, free to come together, and in beauty - for growth. There's heaven. There it is. What more do we mean? People, free to come together, and in beauty - for growth.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: I'm sure I never used to be so sensitive. I think it is due to this nervous condition. I'm sure I never used to be so sensitive. I think it is due to this nervous condition.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time. I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: What would have been the effect upon religion if it had come to us through the minds of women? What would have been the effect upon religion if it had come to us through the minds of women?
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Life is a verb, not a noun. Life is a verb, not a noun.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so. It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Those who too patiently serve as props sometimes underrate the possibilities of the vine. Those who too patiently serve as props sometimes underrate the possibilities of the vine.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: A house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband. A house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: [The Yellow Wallpaper] was not intended to drive people crazy, but to save people from being driven crazy, and it worked. [The Yellow Wallpaper] was not intended to drive people crazy, but to save people from being driven crazy, and it worked.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: There was a time when Patience ceased to be a virtue. It was long ago. There was a time when Patience ceased to be a virtue. It was long ago.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so than the American New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so than the American
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans. In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Until mothers earn their livings, women will not Until mothers earn their livings, women will not
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: There should be an end to the bitterness of feeling which has arisen between the sexes in this century. There should be an end to the bitterness of feeling which has arisen between the sexes in this century.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: I was madly in love with not so much what was there as with what I supposed to be there. I was madly in love with not so much what was there as with what I supposed to be there.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: A man does not have to stay at home all day, in order to love it; why should a woman? A man does not have to stay at home all day, in order to love it; why should a woman?
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive. Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Woman should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body Woman should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Never in all her life had she imagined that this idolized millinery could look, to those who paid for it, like the decorations of an insane monkey. Never in all her life had she imagined that this idolized millinery could look, to those who paid for it, like the decorations of an insane monkey.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Specialization and organization are the basis of human progress. Specialization and organization are the basis of human progress.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: The front pattern DOES move - and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it! The front pattern DOES move - and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it!
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: I never saw a worse paper in my life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin. I never saw a worse paper in my life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quotes: Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be. Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be.

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