Foul language Quote by Edna O'Brien
““Oh, God, who does not exist, you hate women, otherwise you'd have made them different. And Jesus, who snubbed your mother, you hate them more. Roaming around all that time with a bunch of men, fishing; and sermons-on-the-mount. Abandoning women. I thought of all the women who had it, and didn't even know when the big moment was, and others saying their rosary with the beads held over the side of the bed, and others saying, "Stop, stop, you dirty old dog," and others yelling desperately to be jacked right up to their middles, and it often leading to nothing, and them getting up out of bed and riding a poor door knob and kissing the wooden face of a door and urging with foul language, then crying, wiping the knob, and it all adding up to nothing either.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: "The Country Girls", 1960
The passage conveys a chaotic, fragmented inner monologue about misogyny, religious guilt, and existential frustration.
In simple terms: A tangled rant about hatred, religion, and despair.
Key Takeaway
Recognize and confront internal contradictions.
Themes
gender
religion
despair
conflict
Mood
angry
conflicted
poetic
Type
literary
emotional
When to use this quote
- personal crisis
- spiritual doubt
- social critique
- mental health
- literary analysis
Key Concepts
existentialism
psychology
feminism
Questions to Reflect On
- What underlying emotions drive this rant?
- How does religious imagery shape the speaker's view of women?
A Different Perspective
The style may obscure clear meaning.
