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Behind Every Good Man Behind Every Good Man by Sara Goodman Confino
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“Amazingly, women can do more than cook you dinner, bear your children, and service you at the office.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man
“behind every good man is an even better woman.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man
“Always looking ahead, at the camera or toward the future. Never at what he had.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man
“Maybe he hired you because he thought you’d bring some of my secrets to the table, but what do you know other than how to be a housewife?”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man
“But I’m not interested in protecting you; I want to make sure the world is respecting you. Because if we genuinely respect women and teach that respect from an early age, you won’t need some man to protect you.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man
“Freedom. Self-sufficiency. Respect for who we are, not who other people want us to be. The same life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness that this country promises men.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man
“she didn’t believe fashion happened by accident, no matter what Jackie Kennedy did.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man
“But if the past few weeks had shown me anything at all, it was that our world was far from perfect. And greed, corruption, and scheming were often rewarded over virtue.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man
“Larry nodded to me as we left the courthouse, and I offered a half smile. It was a strange, ridiculously quick dissolution to something that we had vowed would last forever. But even Rome had fallen eventually, and it was narcissistic to believe that I could, by sheer force of will, be the one to stop a clearly sinking ship. And if I was being perfectly honest, I felt a sense of relief that it was finished.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man
“We all know Thomas Jefferson’s famous line about all men being created equal, which may have been good enough in 1776. But do you think we would have a country without the women who toiled endlessly while their men fought for our independence?”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man
“Is it working?” Stuart asked when he had finished. “I don’t know. Let me use the little transmitter in my uterus to ask all the other women.” I placed a palm on my lower abdomen. “Yes,” I said. “Mostly. Josephine in Rockville is still on the fence, but the rest of the women are on board now.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man
“my undershirts and shorts and socks are pink.” “Did you separate out all the whites and colors?” “I did. Then I put them in the washing machine.” “Together?” “Well, I only have one washing machine.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man