But the gates of my happy childhood had clanged shut behind me; I had become adult enough to recognize the need to conceal unbearable emotions for th…

- Eva Figes

Sadly, man recognises that the ideal, submissive woman he has created for himself is somehow not quite what he wanted.

- Eva Figes

The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to an…

- Eva Figes

grievance does not make for great art.

- Eva Figes

Monarchs not only fashion their age, but are fashioned by it, so that they can become a sort of personification of the age. If Elizabeth I, independe…

- Eva Figes

Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a watertight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may be a sin, exploitation of o…

- Eva Figes

Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist.

- Eva Figes

For centuries the word 'nature' has been used to bolster prejudices or to express, not reality, but a state of affairs that the user would wish to se…

- Eva Figes

Nothing comes back. The eye sees for a moment, the ear hears, but look, now it is gone.

- Eva Figes