I think what's dangerous about marriage is the way it can make you feel like you've got it all wrapped up. Like… — Ariel Levy Dangerous Copy Share Image
“It can be fun to feel exceptional--to be the loophole woman, to have a whole power thing, to be an honorary man.… — Ariel Levy Feminism Copy Share Image
I think it would be difficult to argue that I'm a net-negative for womankind. I've tried pretty hard to bring in unusual… — Ariel Levy Best Copy Share Image
“That trip was like all my life, distilled: a compulsion to thrust myself toward adventure, offset by a longing to crawl into… — Ariel Levy Adventure Copy Share Image
I don't hear women who are less privileged thinking they're entitled to everything, whenever they want it. That's a privilege phenomenon, but… — Ariel Levy Everything Copy Share Image
“There is nothing I love more than traveling to a place where I know nobody, and where everything will be a surprise,… — Ariel Levy Love Copy Share Image
The 10 or 20 minutes I was somebody's mother were black magic; there is no adventure I would have traded them for. — Ariel Levy Adventure Copy Share Image
“I was also domineering, impatient, relentlessly verbal, and, as an only child, often baffled by the mores of other kids. I was… — Ariel Levy Children Copy Share Image
“Daring to think that the rules do not apply is the mark of a visionary. It’s also a symptom of narcissism.” — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
“marriage is like two people locked up with one lesson to read, over and over, until the words become madness. DJ” — Ariel Levy Marriage Copy Share Image
“Writing is communicating with an unknown intimate who is always available, the way the faithful turn to God.” — Ariel Levy Turn to god Copy Share Image
“If half this country feels so threatened by two people of the same gender being in love and having sex (and, incidentally,… — Ariel Levy Having sex Copy Share Image
“A tawdry, cartoonlike version of female sexuality has become so ubiquitous, it no longer seems particular. What we once regarded as a… — Ariel Levy Female sexuality Copy Share Image
“We shared an explosive enthusiasm that we blasted out of our bodies with alcohol.” — Ariel Levy Alcohol Copy Share Image
“Women of my generation were given the lavish gift of our own agency by feminism—a belief that we could decide for ourselves… — Ariel Levy Faith Copy Share Image
“It is not a good feeling being right about something you have suspected when you finally gain undeniable confirmation that it's true.… — Ariel Levy Life long Copy Share Image
“We didn’t sit around looking at our phone or looking at our computer or looking at the television. We didn’t sit around… — Ariel Levy Computers Copy Share Image
“I asked if she’d ever wanted children. She told me, “Everybody doesn’t get everything.” It sounded depressing to me at the time,… — Ariel Levy Children Copy Share Image
“Even if you are a woman who achieves the ultimate and becomes like a man, you will still always be like a… — Ariel Levy Equal rights Copy Share Image
“She told me, "Everybody doesn't get everything." It sounded depressing to me at the time, a statement of defeat. Now admitting it… — Ariel Levy Death Copy Share Image
“...if you are the exception that proves the rule, and the rule is that woman are inferior, you haven't made any progress.” — Ariel Levy Equal rights Copy Share Image
“There were shadows I saw out of the corner of my eye that looked like problems waiting to become real, but you… — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
“I wanted what she [her mother] had wanted, what we all want: everything. We want a mate who feels like family and… — Ariel Levy Adventure Copy Share Image
“This may seem confusing considering the "swing to the right" this country has taken, but raunch culture transcends elections. The values people… — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
There's two identity markers I'm sure of, and one is, I'm Jewish. And the other is, I'm a writer. There's just no… — Ariel Levy Arguing Copy Share Image
