The illusion of companionship sits waiting in the television set. We keep our televisions on more than we watch them - an average of more than seven …

- Louise Bernikow

Everytime I say "sure" when I mean "no," everytime I smile brightly when I'm exploding with rage, every time I imagine my man's achievement is my own…

- Louise Bernikow

What is commonly called literary history is actually a record of choices.

- Louise Bernikow

Sometimes I feel like a sisterless child.

- Louise Bernikow

Much female conversation is, in fact, about survival - but in code.

- Louise Bernikow

The question arises as to whether it is possible not to live in the world of men and still to live in the world.

- Louise Bernikow

In becoming archaeologists of the world of our mothers, we are trying to retrieve the female past and to invent a future.

- Louise Bernikow

we perceive silence where, in fact, there is a muffler.

- Louise Bernikow

What is haunting is that people fallen off the train threaten those who remain on board.

- Louise Bernikow