The Other Half Quotes

“When she died, probably by suicide, Rossetti buried the only copy of his poetry with her. He later realised the financial error and dug her up to retrieve it…”
― Charlotte Vassell, The Other Half

“Buy cement, be your own Medusa.”
― Charlotte Vassell, The Other Half

“No one used the phrase "force of nature" in a positive way. It's meant for floods, and volcanoes, and hurricanes. I'm a woman, not a geographical phenomenon.”
― Charlotte Vassell, The Other Half

“Full-grown adult males, or ‘men’ as they insist on being called, should be treated with the callousness with which teenage boys treat plain girls whose chemistry notes they need to borrow for a passing grade.”
― Charlotte Vassell, The Other Half

“Pizza: is it just pretentious cheese on toast?”
― Charlotte Vassell, The Other Half