The Longings of Women Quotes

“Children always wanted their parents in situ, in stasis. The faster they changed, the more their parents should remain the same.”
― Marge Piercy, The Longings of Women

“She had been swimming in a big pink aquarium, and she never thought that somebody would come along with a hammer and break it until she was gasping for her life and everything she had taken for granted, for permanent, was gone.”
― Marge Piercy, The Longings of Women

“Never let them know who you really are, how you live, and that you can observe and think, that was her motto.”
― Marge Piercy, The Longings of Women