"We women have lived too much with closure:……" — Carolyn Heilbrun

We women have lived too much with closure: "If he notices me,… - Carolyn Heilbrun
"We women have lived too much with closure: "If he notices me, if I marry him, if I get into college, if I get this work accepted, if I get this job" -- there always seems to loom the possibility of something being over, settled, sweeping clear the way for contentment. This is the delusion of a passive life. When the hope for closure is abandoned, when there is an end to fantasy, adventure for women will begin."

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