“My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to Europe, where he lived for a while under various socialist democracies. He spent a few years on a kibbutz in Israel, living out a utopian experiment in communal existence.” YearsBornExistenceDemocracyGrewHusbandGrew UpEuropeTwentiesMovedVariousIsraelExperimentsMy HusbandDictatorshipSocialistBrazilUtopianFilthy Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“For many years I had allowed my second husband to take credit for my paintings. But one day, unable to continue the deception any longer, I left him and my home in California and moved to Hawaii.” YearsHomeLeftPaintingOne DayHusbandMovedCreditDeceptionCaliforniaHawaii Author:Margaret Keane
“I believe that a lot of progress has been achieved to address gender inequality: We have moved from a time where women in the US could not apply for credit card without their husband's signature to a time where women are the owners of their businesses.” BelieveHas BeensI BelieveProgressHusbandMovedGenderCreditCardsInequalityAddressesOwnersCredit CardSignaturesGender Inequality Author:Zainab Salbi
“I think Diana Vreeland recognized the passion and the energy I had. I stayed at Harper's Bazaar for two years, until I met my first husband and moved on to Philadelphia in 1952. But they were incredible years - wonderful, wonderful years. But, anyway, my career sort of took off from there. I was really blessed.” ThinkingPassionEnergyWonderfulHusbandBlessedMovedIncredibles Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“If it is perfectly acceptable for a widow to disfigure herself or commit suicide to save face for her husband's family, why should a mother not be moved to extreme action by the loss of a child or children? We are their caretakers. We love them. We nurse them when they are sick. . . But no woman should live longer than her children. It is against the law of nature. If she does, why wouldn't she wish to leap from a cliff, hang from a branch, or swallow lye?” IfsShouldChildrenDoeActionFacesLawMotherWishLossHusbandSickSuicideMovedExtremesCommitBranchesLeapNurseAcceptableLaws Of NatureCliffsWidowsLoss Of A ChildCaretakers Author:Lisa See
“People changed lots of other personal things all the time. They dyed their hair and dieted themselves to near death. They took steroids to build muscles and got breast implants and nose jobs so they'd resemble their favorite movie stars. They changed names and majors and jobs and husbands and wives. They changed religions and political parties. They moved across the country or the world -- even changed nationalities. Why was gender the one sacred thing we weren’t supposed to change? Who made that rule?” PeopleWorldMadeCountryJobsPoliticalNamesStarsPartyWifeChangedHairHusbandMajorsSacredMovedGenderNosesMusclesBreastsPolitical PartiesMovie StarNationalityHusband And WifeSteroidPersonal ThingsImplantsNear DeathSacred ThingsBreast Implants Book:Parrotfish Source: Parrotfish