Men seem more bound to the wheel of success than women do. That women are trained to get satisfaction from affiliation rather thanachievement has tended to keep them from great achievement. But it has also freed them from unreasonable expectations… — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
“Who can resist the thought that love is the ideological bone thrown to women to distract their attention from the powerlessness of their lives?” — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
More people should visit Antarctica, metaphorically speaking, on their own. That is one of the conclusions I have reached, one of my recommendations: explore… — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
When you realize how hard it is to know the truth about yourself, you understand that even the most exhaustive and well-meaning autobiography, determined… — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
biographies are a little like marriages: You only have room in your life for one or two. — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
“Some kinds of literature demand to be treated respectfully. The obligation is on the reader to live up to them and not so much… — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
There is no neutrality. There is only greater or lesser awareness of one's bias. — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
“Most people should visit Antarctica, metaphorically speaking, on their own. That is one of the conclusions I have reached, one of my recommendations: explore… — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
“The banal advice of writ in teachers is "write what you know," but the truth is, you don't know a place until you write… — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
One form of loneliness is to have a memory and no one to share it with. — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
I believe we need literature, which, by allowing us to experience more fully, to imagine more fully, enables us to live more freely. — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
