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Quote by Joanna Russ

“How withered away one can be from a life of unremitting toil.”

Quote by Joanna Russ

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Joanna Russ was an American writer renowned for her science fiction and fantasy novels. Her works are celebrated for their profound themes and critical social commentary, particularly their exploration of gender, power, and culture. Notable works include 'We', 'Sophie's Choice', and 'Kate Delorians'. more

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“There are more whooping cranes in the United States of America than there are women in Congress.”

States America United United States Congress United States Of America Cranes

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“Anyway everyboy (sorry) knows that what women have done that is really important is not to constitute a great, cheap labor force that you can zip in when you're at war and zip out again afterwards but to Be Mothers, to form the coming generation, to give birth to them, to nurse them, to mop floors for them, to love them, cook for them, clean for them, change their diapers, pick up after them, and mainly sacrifice themselves for them. This is the most important job in the world. That's why they don't pay you for it.”

Knows World Giving Important War Done Jobs Form Mother Force Pay Generations Sacrifice Birth Picks Labor Clean Sorry Cooks Nurse Diapers Important Jobs Zips Cheap Labor Labor Force

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“Two evils, monstrous either one apart, Possessed me, and were long and loath at going: A cry of Absence, Absence, in the heart, And in the wood the furious winter blowing.”

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“And if no Lethe flows beneath your casement, And when ten years have not brought full effacement, Philosophy was wrong, and you may meet.”

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“God have mercy on the sinner Who must write with no dinner, No gravy and no grub, No pewter and no pub, No bellyand no bowels, Only consonants and vowels.”

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“And a wandering beauty is a blade out of its scabbard.You know how dangerous, gentlemen of threescore?May you know it yet ten more.”

Knows May Know How Dangerous Ten Wander Gentleman Blades

Book:Selected poems

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“Clearly when the liberties are left unrestricted they collide with one another.”

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Book:A Theory of Justice

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“A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.”

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“The strength of the claims of formal justice, of obedience to system, clearly depend upon the substantive justice of institutions and the possibilities of their reform.”

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Book:A Theory of Justice

Source: A Theory of Justice

“Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this should also present what they believe are public reasons for their argument. So their opinion is no longer just that of one particular party, but an opinion that all members of a society might reasonably agree to, not necessarily that they would agree to. What's important is that people give the kinds of reasons that can be understood and appraised apart from their particular comprehensive doctrines.”