During depression the world disappears. Language itself. One has nothing to say. Nothing. No small talk, no anecdotes. Nothing can be risked on the board of talk. Because the inner voice is so urgent in its own discourse: How shall I live? How shall I manage the future? Why should I go on?
Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most. - Kate Millett
Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
- Kate Millett
The lesbian is the archtypical feminist, because she's not into men - she's the independent woman par excellence. - Kate Millett
The lesbian is the archtypical feminist, because she's not into men - she's the independent woman par excellence.
We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture. - Kate Millett
We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.
When one group rules another, the relationship between the two is political. When such an arrangement is carried out over a long period of time it de… - Kate Millett
When one group rules another, the relationship between the two is political. When such an arrangement is carried out over a long period of time it de…
The complete destruction of traditional marriage and the nuclear family is the 'revolutionary or utopian' goal of feminism. - Kate Millett
The complete destruction of traditional marriage and the nuclear family is the 'revolutionary or utopian' goal of feminism.
Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity. ... Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful ho… - Kate Millett
Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity. ... Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful ho…
A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression. - Kate Millett
A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression.
To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return. - Kate Millett
To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return.
Homosexuality was invented by a straight world dealing with its own bisexuality. - Kate Millett
Homosexuality was invented by a straight world dealing with its own bisexuality.
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