"Women age early, and their mistake is not knowing where to hide all the time that lies behind them so that no one sees it. What are they to do, devour it like the umbilical cords of their children? Hell and damnation!"

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Source : Elfriede Jelinek, Michael Hulse (1992). “Lust”, Profile Books

Elfriede Jelinek

#Children Quotes #Women Quotes #Lying Quotes

“Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.”
“Markets rebounded quickly from morning jitters after the London Thursday terrorist bombing.”
“Much of what is euphemistically known as the middle class, merely because it dresses up to go to work, is now reduced to proletarian conditions of existence. Many white-collar jobs require no more skill and pay even less than blue-collar jobs, conferring little status or security.”

Source : Christopher Lasch (1991). “The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations”, p.68, W. W. Norton & Company
“I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.”
“Algebraic geometry seems to have acquired the reputation of being esoteric, exclusive, and very abstract, with adherents who are secretly plotting to take over all the rest of mathematics. In one respect this last point is accurate.”
“When you think of the number of men in the world who hate each other, why, when two men love each other, does the church split?”
“It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes.”
“I personally feel very undecided whether it is better for a woman to stay and look after the home or go out to a job.”

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