Some People Think I'm Saying, 'women Of

Feminism Or The Family? Carried To Excess Maybe. I Have Insisted That Women Cannot Be Defined Solely In Those Terms. But For A Great Many Women - Not All, Because We Are Only Beginning To Realize And Affirm The Diversity Of Women Themselves - Choosing Motherhood Makes Motherhood Itself A Liberating Choice.

It Is Easier To Live Through Someone Else Than To Become Complete Yourself.

I Never Set Out To Write A Book To Change Women's Lives, To Change History. It's Like, 'who, Me?' Yes, Me. I Did It. And I'm Not That Different From Other Women. Maybe My Power And Glory Was That I Could Speak My Truth As A Woman And It Was The Truth Of Every Woman.

Regardless Of Your Age, You Will Always Have Adventures, Unexpected Joys And Unexpected Sorrows.

Life Lived Only For Oneself Does Not Truly Satisfy Men Or Women. There Is A Hunger In Americans Today For Larger Purposes Beyond The Self. That Is The Reason For The Religious Revival And The New Resonance Of 'family.