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Marilyn French quotes: In a way it doesn't matter whether you open doors or close them, you still end up in a box.

In a way it doesn't matter whether you open doors or close them, you still end up in a box.

Marilyn French quotes: When they kept you out it was because you were black; when they let you in, it is because you are black. That's progress?

When they kept you out it was because you were black; when they let you in, it is because you are black. That's progress?

Marilyn French quotes: Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?

Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?

Marilyn French quotes: The very notion of superiority of one kind over another will have to disappear, although differences among kind will remain.

The very notion of superiority of one kind over another will have to disappear, although differences among kind will remain.

Marilyn French quotes: I have opened all the doors in my head. I have opened all the pores in my body. But only the tide rolls in.

I have opened all the doors in my head.
I have opened all the pores in my body.
But only the tide rolls in.

Marilyn French quotes: All the women I know feel a little like outlaws.

All the women I know feel a little like outlaws.

Marilyn French quotes: It's strange how men feel they have the right to criticize a woman's appearance to her face.

It's strange how men feel they have the right to criticize a woman's appearance to her face.

Marilyn French quotes: But she continued to wonder what the fish tasted like, so brilliant and vivid pink. Would it taste pink?

But she continued to wonder what the fish tasted like, so brilliant and vivid pink. Would it taste pink?

Marilyn French quotes: Control over a woman is the only form of dominance most men possess, for most men are merely subjects of more powerful men.

Control over a woman is the only form of dominance most men possess, for most men are merely subjects of more powerful men.

Marilyn French quotes: Never underestimate the power of helplessness!

Never underestimate the power of helplessness!

Marilyn French quotes: Male territorial insanity yields only to another male. What a difference the possession of a penis makes!

Male territorial insanity yields only to another male. What a difference the possession of a penis makes!

Marilyn French quotes: There was no justice, there was only life. And life she had.

There was no justice, there was only life. And life she had.

Marilyn French quotes: I've known for a long time that hypocrisy is the secret of sanity. You mustn't let them know you know.

I've known for a long time that hypocrisy is the secret of sanity. You mustn't let them know you know.

Marilyn French quotes: 'I hate discussions of feminism that end up with who does the dishes,' she said. So do I. But at the end, there are always the damned dishes.

'I hate discussions of feminism that end up with who does the dishes,' she said. So do I. But at the end, there are always the damned dishes.

Marilyn French quotes: Rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else.

Rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else.

Marilyn French quotes: The view of life as a struggle for power generates a language in which life has no significance and only power matters.

The view of life as a struggle for power generates a language in which life has no significance and only power matters.

Marilyn French quotes: In Russia they put you in insane asylums if you disagree with the state: it's not so different here. Keep the natives quiet.

In Russia they put you in insane asylums if you disagree with the state: it's not so different here. Keep the natives quiet.

Marilyn French quotes: That's sheer luck too: luck of the draw of birth: century, continent, nation, section, sex, color, socioeconomic sector.

That's sheer luck too: luck of the draw of birth: century, continent, nation, section, sex, color, socioeconomic sector.

Marilyn French quotes: 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?

Marilyn French quotes: I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else.

I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else.

Marilyn French quotes: Even disasters there are always disasters when you travel can be turned into adventures.

Even disasters
there are always disasters when you travel
can be turned into adventures.

Marilyn French quotes: In the beginning was the Mother, the Word began a new era, one we have come to call Patriarchy.

In the beginning was the Mother, the Word began a new era, one we have come to call Patriarchy.

Marilyn French quotes: All men are rapists and that's all they are

All men are rapists and that's all they are

Marilyn French quotes: My goal in life is to change the entire social and economic structure of western civilization, to make it a feminist world.

My goal in life is to change the entire social and economic structure of western civilization, to make it a feminist world.

Marilyn French quotes: She drowned in words that could not teach her how to swim.

She drowned in words that could not teach her how to swim.

Marilyn French quotes: It isn't success after all, is it, if it isn't an expression of your deepest energies?

It isn't success after all, is it, if it isn't an expression of your deepest energies?

Marilyn French quotes: There's no justice, there's only love.

There's no justice, there's only love.

Marilyn French quotes: 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.

Marilyn French quotes: Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.

Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.

Marilyn French quotes: Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.

Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.

Marilyn French quotes: Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.

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

Marilyn French quotes: To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.

To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.

Marilyn French quotes: Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior.

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

Marilyn French quotes: Pride. You have it where you can have it.

Pride. You have it where you can have it.

Marilyn French quotes: The same men who are blind and deaf to feminism are acutely sensitive to what threatens their dominance and privilege.

The same men who are blind and deaf to feminism are acutely sensitive to what threatens their dominance and privilege.