... to be afraid is in a way to be hopeful, because to be afraid means that you haven't given up. You know it doesn't help, but you keep thrashing. The monster has you pinned to the wall, but you're… — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
[On her mastectomy:] Pity is delicious. I was crazy about the pity I got. It was the best kind, too. I did not get,… — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object. The difference is that is not all she… — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
Biological possibility and desire are not the same as biological need. Women have childbearing equipment. For them to choose not to use the equipment… — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
Disease may score a direct hit on only one member of a family, but shrapnel tears the flesh of the others. — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
... to be afraid is in a way to be hopeful, because to be afraid means that you haven't given up. You know it… — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
“Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object, the difference is that is not all she… — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
“Women have childbearing equipment. To choose not to use the equipment is no more blocking what is instinctive than it is for a man… — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
unlike a disappointing marriage, disappointing motherhood cannot be terminated by divorce. — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
[On her mastectomy:] Fact is, I'm the same car I always was, except now I have a dent in my fender. — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
in my mother's ferocious striving to give me 'everything,' she had never considered that giving me 'everything' would make me (1) different (from her),… — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
The notion that the maternal wish and the activity of mothering are instinctive or biologically predestined is baloney. — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
![“[On her mastectomy:] Pity is delicious. I was crazy about the pity I got. It was the best kind, too. I did not get, nor did I want, the drooling, mewing kind. I preferred something more restrained but deep-felt. Quality pity.” quote by Betty Rollin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f51/betty-rollin-39646_crazy_on-her-mastectomy-pity-is-delicious-i-wa_761866.jpg)
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