“[W]earisome as it may seem, women must realize that, in making a commitment to a man, they have merged in his unconscious with his mother and have therefore inherited the ambivalence of that relationship.” MenMaySeemsMotherRealizingCommitmentUnconsciousAmbivalence Book:Vamps & Tramps: New Essays Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays
“The moral ambivalence of the great mother goddesses has been conveniently forgotten by those American feminists who have resurrected them. We cannot grasp nature's bare blade without shedding our own blood.” Has BeensMotherMoralBloodForgottenFeministGoddessBladesAmbivalenceGreat Mother Book:Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism Source: Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
“My mother had demonstrated that the best way to defeat the numbing ambivalence of middle age is to surprise yourself - by pulling off some cartwheel of thought or action never even imagined at a younger age.” WayAgeActionMotherMiddleSurpriseDefeatBest WayPullingMiddle AgesAmbivalenceNumbingCartwheels Author:Gail Sheehy