“under the surface there is often ambivalence about women at work that makes their position vulnerable.” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“Politics needs a certain mental ability,” explained Ahmad Saati, the university’s spokesman. “Very few women have this kind of mind.” I” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“Many men believe in the saying that educating women is like allowing the nose of the camel into the tent: eventually the… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“The drill sergeants learned that lavishly praising recruits who got it right worked better than abusing those who got it wrong. The… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“For these women, Hamas’s view of women was laughable. And since they couldn’t hear the appeal of such views themselves, they were… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“Does any woman ever count the grains of her harvest and say: Good enough? Or does one always think of what more… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“All the women who actually drove were mature professionals who had international drivers’ licenses they’d acquired overseas. Many” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“Save the Children, an organization whose research has proved repeatedly that money in women’s hands benefits families much more than money flowing… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“month—the money gives the women at least a small degree of discretion in spending and the prestige that comes from contributing to… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“Women, on the other hand, were easy targets. Any time things started to go wrong in the Middle East, women suffered for… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“the women began traveling to remote villages, distributing articles that argued not just against “honor” killings but also against forced marriages and… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“We’re seeing a rise in the school dropout rate for girls because their families’ incomes are falling and girls’ schooling is the… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“West Bank women’s groups argued that the time wasn’t right, that the struggle for independence from Israeli rule had to come before… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“The word for mother, umm, is the root of the words for “source, nation, mercy, first principle, rich harvest; stupid, illiterate, parasite, weak of… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
“The lieutenant colonel wondered if the high scores reflected a defect in the newly built shooting range at the women’s academy. To find out,… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
“No wonder simple men have always had their gods dwell in the high places. For as soon as a man lets his eye drop… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
I was really interested in how marriages work, how you can, you know, be in love with somebody and spend many years with your… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
Writing is like bricklaying; you put down one word after another. Sometimes the wall goes up straight and true and sometimes it doesn't and… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
“... So this was how it was to be, now: I would do my best to live in the quick world, but the ghosts… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
“They threw rotten fruit at me and told me next time it would be acid.” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
“You," he continued, grabbing my wrist. "All of you, from the safe world, with your air bags and your tamper-proof packaging and your fat-free… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
“This is how an owl must look to a mouse in that last second before the talons sink into the flesh.” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
And so, as generally happens, those who have most give least, and those with less somehow make shrift to share. — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
“The author of this text did not write to provoke, but merely to express a truth as he conceives it. Your own theologians have… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
“So, you are happy to be a pigeon?” “Maybe so. But at least a pigeon does no harm. The hawk lives at the expense… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
“Many men believe in the saying that educating women is like allowing the nose of the camel into the tent: eventually the beast will… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
“No, no,” he said. “She can’t raise it at all. She may only clap. Women must be very careful of their voices. If” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share
