Tillie Lerner Olsen (January 14, 1912 – January 1, 2007) was an American writer associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists. Read full biography of Tillie Olsen →
The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.
I know that I haven't powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.
Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used.
And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?
Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.
There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.
Tillie Lerner Olsen (January 14, 1912 – January 1, 2007) was an American writer associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists.