“As Miriam released my hand I felt that she and Midwife Bell had returned to a more primitive world, where men never intruded and even their role in conception was unknown. Here the chain of life was mother to daughter, daughter to mother. Fathers and sons belonged in the shadows with the dogs and livestock, like the retriever growling at Midwife Bell's unfamiliar car from the window of my neighbours' living room.” MenWomenMarriageBirthGender Book:The Kindness of Women Source: The Kindness of Women
“First she would try to kill him, but failing this give him food and her body, breast-feed him back to a state of childishness and even, perhaps, feel affection for him. Then, the moment he was asleep, cut his throat. The synopsis of the ideal marriage.” RelationshipsMarriageWifeHusbandMurderParadoxJ G BallardBallardJg BallardJames Graham Ballard Book:High-Rise Source: High-Rise