“Whatever a scientist is doing - reading, cooking, talking, playing - science thoughts are always there at the edge of the mind. They are the way the world is taken in; all that is seen is filtered through an everpresent scientific musing.” WorldWayMindScienceReadingTalkingTakenScientistCookingEdgesMusings Book:Women in Science: Then and Now Source: Women in Science: Then and Now
“Widowhood provided Mama with a higher form of being. In refusing to recover from my father's death she had discovered that her life was endowed with a seriousness her years in the kitchen had denied her. She remained devoted to this seriousness for thirty years. She never tired of it, never grew bored or restless in its company, found new ways to keep alive the interest it deserved and had so undeniably earned.” WayYearsFormFoundFatherInterestCompanyAliveGrewHigherTiredBoredThirtyKitchenDeniedDevotedNew WaysRestlessSeriousnessMamaThirty YearsWidowhood Author:Vivian Gornick
“Feminism gave me a way to see myself in culture, in society, in history, and that was very important.” WayImportantCultureFeminism Author:Vivian Gornick
“The difference between me in my work and the me who is here in front of you is that on the page I create a consistency, a voice that must sound really reliable; whereas in person I am free - obviously! - to sound every which way.” WayPersonsSoundVoiceDifferencesFrontsPagesConsistency Author:Vivian Gornick
“I may cause someone to feel badly, not because I'm doing something to them, but because the way in which I see might cause pain. But I am not doing the hurting.” WayFeelsMayMightPainCausesHurt Author:Vivian Gornick
“We all grew up so utterly vulnerable, enthralled by romantic love as we knew it. First of all, it was pounded into you every which way that you've got to get married and you've got to have babies. That you're not a natural woman if you don't. So that led to a lot of sitting by the telephone and waiting for a call. And that led you into a culture in which you were always in a subordinate position without realizing it; hamstrung, not able to take action. That was the most important thing: you were always waiting to be desired.” IfsWayFirstsImportantAbleActionCultureWaitingRealizingNaturalPositionBabyGrewMarriedGrew UpSittingImportant ThingsVulnerableRomantic LoveTelephonesSubordinatesAlways Waiting Author:Vivian Gornick
