Marriage accustomed one to the good things, so one came to take them for granted, but it magnified the bad things, so they came to feel as painful as a grain in one's eye. An open window, a forgotten quart… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
All patriarchists exalt the home and family as sacred, demanding it remain inviolate from prying eyes. Men want privacy for their violations of women... All women learn in childhood that women as a sex are men's prey. — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle.… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
Even disasters -- there are always disasters when you travel -- can be turned into adventures. — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
“The breakdown of the neighborhoods also meant the end of what was essentially an extended family....With the breakdown of the extended family, too much… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
All men are rapists and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes. — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
I can only tell you one thing I've learned. Enjoy the walk along the path you've chosen. Don't count down the days. Make the… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
Women are afraid in a world in which almost half the population bears the guise of the predator, in which no factor - age,… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
“She could envision Shakespeare's sister. But she imagined a violent, an apocalyptic end for Shakespeare's sister, whereas I know that isn't what happened. You… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
My goal in life is to change the entire social and economic structure of western civilization, to make it a feminist world. — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
