The principal feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad things--war and hunger and date ra...pe--liberals testify to their own terrific goodness. More important, they promote themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who care deeply about such things.... It's a kind of natural aristocracy, and the wonderful thing about this aristocracy is that you don't have to be brave, smart, strong or even lucky to join it, you just have to be liberal.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
She's just a child, but I'm the one who's fainthearted.... She's the woman, but I'm the coward. She bears that high, swollen set of breasts, but I'm the one who's burdened. The heavy hips are hers, but I'm unable to move. It's a wonder how clumsy I've become because of flaws that shelter themselves in another.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For me, it's enough! They've been here long enough--maybe too long. It's a funny thing, though. All these years Fred was too busy ...to have much time for the kids, now he's the one who's depressed because they're leaving. He's really having trouble letting go. He wants to gather them around and keep them right here in this house.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It was a heavy burden on the conscience to know that while you sat in Music 101, some contemporary--as "worthy" of a college educa...tion as you were, but one who had been denied the opportunity because he was poor, or black, or both--was getting his head blown off in Vietnam. Many students believed that such inequity was wrong, but couldn't bring themselves to redress it personally by refusing the student deferment. It's a dreadful combination: to act for self-protection yet at the same time to loathe oneself for acting that way.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The way I see it, God gave me the body, so I intend to use it. It's a big ego trip.... You know, you look around a bar, you pick o...ut a guy and you say, that's the one: I'm going to take all of his money tonight.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The people who resent me do so because I'm a woman, I'm young, and I'm a Bhutto. Well, the simple answer is, it doesn't matter tha...t I'm a woman, it doesn't matter that I'm young, and it's a matter of pride that I'm a Bhutto.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I came along at a time when there was a demand to give men greater visibility and opportunity. In white society they were saying, ..."Women can't do it." In black society, they were saying, "Women do too much." It's a diabolical situation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »