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Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quotes

American Author January 13, 1926 – October 9, 2003

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Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quote: "Ideas move rapidly when their time comes."
Ideas move rapidly when their time comes. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quote: "Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be..."
Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
To recommend that women become identical to men, would be simple reversal, and would defeat the whole point of androgyny, and for that matter, feminism: in both, the whole point is choice. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Men are not listeners . . . They hear what they expect to hear, or want to hear, or are certain they will hear, and women, being supple creatures trained to please, have often told them what we women knew would satisfy them. [p. 167] Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quote: "Ours is a long marriage, and we have found solitude together...."
Ours is a long marriage, and we have found solitude together. [p. 23] Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quote: "Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects..."
Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quote: "Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will..."
Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quote: "Whether animals admit it or not, they and I communicate."
Whether animals admit it or not, they and I communicate. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quote: "Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted."
Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quote: "The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to..."
The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quote: "You can flush my ashes down the toilet, for all I care."
You can flush my ashes down the toilet, for all I care. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quote: "Today's shocks are tomorrow's conventions."
Today's shocks are tomorrow's conventions. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun quote: "A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an..."
A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun

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