Some quotes illustrate women's experience and women's lives. I love my family, my children . . . Some, by talking about their reaction to men, also shed light on women's experience. Luckily, this is not difficult. Some illustrate their work.
Doubts creep in.
Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything. Some I've included because they express the human condition and women's experience with good humor. You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again. And there are a lot of quotations I've included just because they speak to me.