Quotation by Jane O'Reilly

Logic and hope fade somewhat by thirty-six, when endings seem more like clear warnings than useful experience.
Jane O'Reilly, U.S. feminist and humorist. The Girl I Left Behind, ch. 2 (1980).

This is drawn from O'Reilly's famous essay first published in Ms. magazine: "Click! The Housewife's Moment of Truth."
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