“I was investing more and more of myself into an outcome I couldn’t predict and would very likely be disappointed by. But for me there was no other option.”
“Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation...none was more alarming than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.”
“Don't predict disappointment while hope is an option”
“She smiled a little. "You are a manipulator""I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer.”
“You are a manipulator.I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer.”
“Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.”