--- title: "1 Circumstances Life Quotes By Kate Millett" description: "1 Circumstances Life quotes by Kate Millett. Plus more from Kate Millett and more Circumstances Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/kate-millett-7301_behave_but-madness-that-small-remnant-of-altere_2386914.jpg" --- > [“But madness? That small remnant of altered consciousness, pure or in response to circumstances. Circumstances of life, even those of the body itself and its chemistry. How cruel and stupid to punish this as we do with ostracism and fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/but-madness-that-small-remnant-of-altered-consciousness-pure-or-in/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/kate-millett-7301_behave_but-madness-that-small-remnant-of-altere_2386914.jpg) ## More by Kate Millett > [The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/the-rationale-which-accompanies-that-imposition-of-male-authority/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [No one should be adored, it's fundamentally immoral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/no-one-should-be-adored-it-s-fundamentally-immoral/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [What is the future of the woman's movement How in the hell do I know I don't run it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/what-is-the-future-of-the-woman-s-movement-how-in-the-hell-do-i-know/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [Coitus can scarcely be said to take place in a vacuum; although of itself it appears a biological and physical activity, it is set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/coitus-can-scarcely-be-said-to-take-place-in-a-vacuum-although-of/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/the-concept-of-romantic-love-affords-a-means-of-emotional/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [They weren't crazy. They were tired of being locked up. Even I could see that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/they-weren-t-crazy-they-were-tired-of-being-locked-up-even-i-could/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [It may be that a second wave of the sexual revolution might at last accomplish its aim of freeing half the race from its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/it-may-be-that-a-second-wave-of-the-sexual-revolution-might-at-last/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/my-sister-said-you-re-making-it-hard-for-all-us-housewives-in-nebraska/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/i-saw-hell-the-hospital-had-divided-and-conquered-pretty-successfully/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [I believe there's a killer in all of us. I know there's one inside me. When you know the killer in you and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/i-believe-there-s-a-killer-in-all-of-us-i-know-there-s-one-inside-me/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/because-of-our-social-circumstances-male-and-female-are-really-two/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [For it is precisely because certain groups have no representation in a number of recognized political structures that their position tends to be so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/for-it-is-precisely-because-certain-groups-have-no-representation-in/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [The image of the woman as we know it is an image created by men and fashioned to suit their needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/the-image-of-the-woman-as-we-know-it-is-an-image-created-by-men-and/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/men-and-women-were-declared-equal-one-morning-and-everybody-could/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [Monogamy and prostitution go together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/monogamy-and-prostitution-go-together/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/circumstances-life/kate-millett/#itemlist", "name": "1 Circumstances Life Quotes By Kate Millett", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But madness? 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