"Irene Diamond's Fertile Ground is a provocative book. It stirs me to vigorous assent. It also triggers wide-eyed disbelief. . . . As it prods me to explosions of disagreement, it also provokes useful thought."

-- Janet Lembke

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“I never eat meat as I think it is wrong to deprive animals of their life when they are so difficult to chew anyway”

Source : " Leonora Carrington once served her guests a hair omelette. My kind of woman" by Sam Leith, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2011.
“We need to teach our children how to debate the major life issues. Debate strengthens their beliefs and enables them to defend themselves against ideologies that are going to come their way.”

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“I think having a daughter is just terrifying. Women in the world get the short end of the stick all the time in many, many ways, and so it's just terrifying to be like, "Well, this is the world we chose to bring you into. I'm sorry." It's not knowing how to prepare for that.”

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“I'm always leaving, but I never have anywhere to go.”

Source : Courtney Summers (2010). “Fall for Anything”, p.115, Macmillan
“I just love having little vocal snippets like laughs and coughs, not necessarily stuff that has huge significance, just little human qualities.”
“Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.”
“I'm not interested in serial dating; I'd honestly rather be single.”
“Instead of asking "whatâ€™s the problem?" ask "what's the creative opportunity?”

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