“I prefer the word "homemaker" because "housewife" always implies that there might be a wife someplace else. ”
“...and for the second time that day he blesses the certainty of airports because he can always turn around and go someplace else.”
“I always have someplace else I’d rather be, even if I don’t know where that is, yet.”
“I prefer to call it reform. For reform implies form.”
“I enjoy doing housework, ironing, washing, cooking, dishwashing. Whenever I get one of those questionaires and they ask what is your profession, I always put down housewife. It's an admirable profession, why apologize for it. You aren't stupid because you're a housewife. When you're stirring the jam you can read Shakespeare.”
“I prefer a good honest whore over a dishonest wife”