From their example, I learnt quickly to feed myself. It was a vicious circle, though. The more gratification we found in our geniuses, the more isola… - Alison Bechdel

It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew.

It was a vicious circle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew. Our home was like an artists' colony. We ate together, but otherwise were absorbed in our separate pursuits. And in this isolation, our creativity took on an aspect of compulsion.

The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew... And in this isolation, our creativity took on an aspect of compulsion.

I grew to resent the way my father treated his furniture like children, and his children like furniture.

Mo: Thanks for the lentils! I have to go home now and rethink my priorities!

"I remember feeling very angry at Betty Friedan."
AB: What? Why?
"Well... she hated housework and wanted women to be independent, but then she's hire other women to do her housework."