“Domination was and is at the heart of penis politics: a man maintaining power over a woman through gender or sex-based control…. Andrew (Cuomo) was the master of the art of penis politics. In Washington, he’d given me a job and then worked to undermine me in it. He made me feel as if I were no good at my job and, thus, totally dependent on him to keep it…. I had never seen anyone push so hard, day, noon, and night… But I was soon to learn that, as Andrew pushed up and up, some of us would be pushed aside.”
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
“Something must have gone awry with the programming. I have no idea where or when we are.”
― The Balance of Time
― The Balance of Time
“I learned to cook by helping my mother in the kitchen. I assisted her with the canning, and she began assigning me some other tasks like making salad dressing or kneading dough for bread. My first attempt at preparing an entire dinner¾the menu included pork chops Hawaiian, which called for the pork to be marinated in papaya nectar, ginger, cumin, and other spices before being grilled with onions and pineapple cubes¾required an extensive array of exotic ingredients. When he saw my grocery list, my father commented, “I hope she marries a rich man.”
― The Kitchen and the Studio: A Memoir of Food and Art
― The Kitchen and the Studio: A Memoir of Food and Art
“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.”
― Silent Spring
― Silent Spring
“Been following you, Ludefance. You’ve garnered a great deal of attention with three high-profile cases. Brought each one to a successful close. So, I thought who better to recommend to a very sweet woman who’s just lost her only son and is married to a, excuse the expression, ‘prick.”
― Murder in Buckhead
― Murder in Buckhead
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