“A husband is indeed thought by both sexes so very valuable, that scarce a man who can keep himself clean and make a bow, but thinks he is good enough to pretend to any woman.” ThinkingMenEnoughSexHusbandCleanValuableGood EnoughBowsScarce Book:Astell: Political Writings Source: Astell: Political Writings
“I took a small flat for myself and the children ... My husband took a room in a clean rooming house within easy walking distance of his office. ... It is wonderful sometimes to be alone in the night and just know that someone loves you. In other moods you must have that lover in your arms. Marriage under two roofs makes room for moods.” KnowsChildrenTwoSometimesNightHouseEasyRoomsMarriageWonderfulLove YouArmsLoversWalkingHusbandOfficeDistanceCleanMoodFlatsMy HusbandRoofOne Love Book:Crystal Eastman on women and revolution Source: Crystal Eastman on women and revolution
“A girl becomes a wife with her eyes wide open. She knows that those sweetest words, 'I take thee to be my wedded husband,' really mean, 'I promise thee to cook three meals a day for 60 years; thee will I clean up after; thee will I talk to even when thou art not listening; thee will I worry about, cry over and take all manner of hurts from.” KnowsMenYearsMeanArtWisdomEyeTimeGirlThreeHurtKnowledgeWorryWifeCryListeningPromiseHusbandCleanWideTheeCooksMealsHer EyesReally MeanSweetestI PromiseEyes Wide Open Author:Alan Beck
“I hate a messy kitchen and my more casual husband has come to recognize it's more pleasant for him to clean up after himself rather than deal with me hating a messy kitchen.” HateDealsHusbandI HateCleanKitchenPleasantCasualMessy Author:Emily Yoffe
“Can you cook books and feed them to your husband? Stay at home with your mother. Learn to cook and clean. Grow vegetables.” BookHomeMotherGrowsHusbandCleanCooksVegetablesYour HusbandStay At Home Author:Tsitsi Dangarembga
“The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one's clean linen in public.” LooksAmountHusbandCleanLondonFlirtingEarnestWashingFlirtyFlirtationScandalousLinenImportance Of Being Earnest Book:The Importance of Being Earnest Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
“[Crisco] ain't just for frying. You ever get a sticky something stuck in your hair,like gum?...That's right, Crisco. Spread this on a baby's bottom, you won't even know what diaper rash is...shoot, I seen ladies rub it under they eyes and on they husband's scaly feet...Clean the goo from a price tag, take the squeak out a door hinge. Lights get cut off, stick a wick in it and burn it like a candle....And after all that, it'll still fry your chicken.” KnowsStillsLightEyeCuttingDoorsFeetHairBabyHusbandCleanSticksBottomSpreadStuckChickensCandleTagGumHingesDiapersStickyFryingPrice Tag Author:Kathryn Stockett