A tendency to believe quite literally in the rhetoric of Movement males is a form of naiveté that no woman can afford. - Marge Piercy

"I never wanted to belong to anybody. I only wanted to borrow them for a while, for the fun of it, the tenderness, some laughs." (Malkah, nine: REVISING THE FAMILY ALBUM)

"Nobody at twenty-eight is a success or a failure. It's too early to figure out which way the tide's moving (Malkah, fifteen: THE SAME AS ME)

"...you have a reciprocal nature. You understand if you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening." (p343)