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“what society requires from art ... is that it function as an early warning system.”

Quote by Elizabeth Janeway

Book:Between Myth and Morning: Women Awakening

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Between Myth and Morning: Women Awakening

This book delves into the transformative experiences of women as they navigate personal growth and societal expectations, offering a nuanced perspective on the complexities of awakening. more

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Elizabeth Janeway

Elizabeth Janeway was an American author born on October 7, 1913, and passed away on January 15, 2005. Her works spanned various literary genres, including novels, poetry, and drama. Janeway was known for her unique literary style and profound insights into human nature. more

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“Unless I am what I am and feel what I feel - as hard as I can and as honestly and truly as I can - then I am nothing. Let me feel guilty ... don't try to educate me ... don't protect me.”

Feels Trying I Can Hard Protect Let Me Honestly Authenticity Guilty Educate I Am What I Am

Book:Leaving Home

Source: Leaving Home

“Creeds and causal systems have argued with each other for millennia, and even so we and our ancestors have managed to live in a world of differing opinions. Philosophical disputes don't often affect the price of fish or wine.”

World Belief Opinion Philosophical Wine Fishes Ancestor Creeds Disputes

Book:Improper behavior

Source: Improper behavior

“power is not a thing to be owned. But if you believe that it is such a thing, losing it becomes a possibility to fear. That fear, I think, is one reason for the dark projections of a catastrophic future that are so widespread, in our dual society. The present powerful, being committed to polarization, expect that any new deal will overturn the one that set them in authority; that the last shall be first and the first last, role reversal everywhere, men as slaves, women as masters, in a revolution of contradiction.”

“Myth, legend, and ritual ... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive, for change is the enemy of myth.”

Change Enemy Function Myth Ritual Legends Status Quo Coping Counterproductive

Book:Powers of the weak

Source: Powers of the weak

“If one is going to change things, one has to make a fuss and catch the eye of the world.”

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Author:Elizabeth Janeway

“Can one consider controversy without falling into it?”

Fall Conflict Controversy

Book:Man's World Woman's Place

Source: Man's World Woman's Place

“we expect definitions to tell us not only what is, but what to do about it; to show us how the world fits together and how its different parts connect and work. ... A label is the first step toward action.”

World Firsts Different Shows Action Together Steps Fit Definitions Labels First Steps

Author:Elizabeth Janeway

“those who despair of life are not long for it.”

Book:Powers of the weak

Source: Powers of the weak

“Today, what most people live in, or with, is the less-than-nuclear family. Working fathers are absent from home during most of the day, the children are schooled outside it, and practically all women who work for money must go outside to earn their living.”

People Children Home Today Father Family Nuclear Absent Schooled Nuclear Families

Author:Elizabeth Janeway

“If history is really relevant in today's world, the proposition doesn't command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there.”

Ifs World Want Different Country Today Past History Command Relevant Propositions Today's World Different Countries Want To Travel

Book:Improper behavior

Source: Improper behavior