Feminism Quotes by Sara Sheridan

11 Feminism quotes by Sara Sheridan

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Sheridan’s narrative flair appears in these eleven compact lines, each painting a vivid picture of contemporary gender issues.

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I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

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“Women the world over suffer restrictions.”

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“Once they have dedicated themselves to a cause, women will fight to the end for it.”

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I'm not sure how much easier it is for a mother to balance her life now - have we simply swapped one…

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Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of…

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We don't live in a society that has genuine equality, and every woman we know has experienced that.

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“I found out pretty quickly that there is a lot of money to be made if you can become the kind of…

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It's interesting that, given our culture has so many words that refer to women in a truly derogatory fashion, it's 'lady' -…

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“In the 1950s at least less was expected of women. Now we're supposed to build a career, build a home, be the…

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“I was asked the other day in which era I would choose to live. As a historical novelist, it comes up sometimes.…

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“Looking at my life through the lens of history has made me increasingly grateful to standout women who pushed those boundaries to…

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“Kissing her is like drinking salted water, he thinks. His thirst only increases.”

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Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

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“We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.”

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The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

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“The bonds between a family are strange indeed.”

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History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.

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“The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland conglomeration of stinted opinion cloaked in the…

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I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any…

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Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.

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As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age.

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“Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught…

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“The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more.”

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“Communism,” I observed, “is a pile of wank.”

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A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.

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