“A mother who undergoes a nine-month pregnancy is likely to feel that the product of all that pain and discomfort 'belongs' to her.”

“Thus her whole identity hangs in the balance of her love life. She is allowed to love herself only if a man finds her worthy of love.”

“He has let her in not because he genuinely loved her, but only because she played so well into his preconceived fantasies.”

“...he will go to his grave feeling cheated, never realizing that there isn't much difference between one woman and the other, that it is the loving that creates the difference.”

“All men are selfish, brutal and inconsiderate--and I wish I could find one.”

“For the real issue under all the fights about other women is the man is unable to commit himself.”

“...childbirth is at best necessary and tolerable. It is not fun. (Like shitting a pumpkin, a friend of mine told me when I inquired about the Great-Experience-You-Are-Missing.)”