“A fatherless girl thinks all things are possible, and nothing is safe.” LossGriefChildhood Trauma Book:The Company of Women Source: The Company of Women
“People think I'm selling feminism in my books, but what I'm really doing is writing advertising copy for expensive private colleges that most women can't afford anyway. Oh, and try to find a job with a major in English literature. No luck? Joke's on you, sucker!” FeminismCollege Book:Conversations with Mary Gordon Source: Conversations with Mary Gordon
“The fact of the matter is that you hate America; hate it with all the unrepentant, unreasoning fury of a Nazi stormtrooper or a southern slaveowner or a Syrian suicide bomber; have hated it since you were a sniveling schoolgirl in a shriveled up Irish backwater in Queens, since you were a spoiled college girl spitting in soldier's faces, since you first learned the awful truth that America has no use for pitiful imposters like you. You're not an aristocrat, Marian dear. You're an Irish potato farmer in a plumed hat, fighting for a white-columned mansion you never had and never will.” American DreamFreedom QuotesFreedom Of Thought Book:There Your Heart Lies Source: There Your Heart Lies
“All the Jane Austen in the library cannot wash the Queens from this little hand.” Jane Austen Literature Humor Book:Good Boys and Dead Girls: And Other Essays Source: Good Boys and Dead Girls: And Other Essays