Those women never really came into their own, partly because of their families and partly because of their tendency to bow under pressure, as well as their proclivity for giving up at the drop of a hat. It’s a tragedy that a woman could be held back like that when she carries within herself all those feelings of rebellion, freedom, and the strength to stand on her own two feet. Rise up against everything, resist, shout . . . And just when you have the chance to be a poet or an artist in your grasp, cave to the pressure! Self-betrayal at its finest.
