“People have notions of what a wife's role should be in this process, and it's been a traditional one of blind adoration. My model is a little different - I think most real marriages are.” PeopleThinkingShouldLittlesDifferentRealProcessRolesWifeModelsBlindNotionTraditionalAdoration Book:Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words Source: Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words
“Somehow we've even developed the notion that a woman who seeks to meet her husband's needs is subservient (but a husband who fails to meet his wife's needs is a pig.)” NeedsWifeFailingHusbandNotionPigsSubservient Book:Woman Power: Transform Your Man, Your Marriage, Your Life Source: Woman Power: Transform Your Man, Your Marriage, Your Life
“There's a current notion that you should "take charge of your disease." No thanks. I'm busy. I've got cancer. I'm willing to face having cancer. I'm not willing to face having cancer with homework. I promised Dr. Pipas and Dr. Zaki that I wouldn't show up with sheaves of printouts from the Internet containing everything on Wikipedia on malignancies. They each laughed with detectable notes of relief. Although I suspect my wife has made her way into the health blog ether. Fish oil pills, raw kelp, and other untoward substances started showing up on dinner plates after I was diagnosed.” WayShouldMadeShowsFacesWifeWillingInternetDiseaseNotesNotionBusyCancerFishesCurrentsDinnerMy WifeOilThanksSubstanceReliefSuspectsLaughedPlatesDrsPillsBlogsHomeworkShowing UpContainingWikipediaMalignancyDinner Plates Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“Far from wife and son am 1, far from land and wealth and other notions of that kind. I am the Witness, the Eternal, the Inner Self.” KindSelfWealthWifeLandSonEternalNotionWitnessInner SelfWife And Son Author:Guru Nanak