Marilyn French (née Edwards) (November 21, 1929 – May 2, 2009) was an American author. Read full biography of Marilyn French →
Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose... →
Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.
'I hate discussions of feminism that end up with who does the dishes,' she said. So do I. But at the end, there are always the damned dishes.
Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.
To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.
Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all... →
Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.
Men's need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or emptiness; we do not know its root, and men are making no effort... →
Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?
Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?
When they kept you out it was because you were black; when they let you in, it is because you are black. That's progress?
Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior.
Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.
Marilyn French (née Edwards) (November 21, 1929 – May 2, 2009) was an American author.