Merle Shain Quotes

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Perhaps the old view of 'Me breadwinner, you hausfrau' worked for our grandparents, when people obligingly popped off before boring each other to death, but it won't work any longer because we are living too long and divorce is needed today to do what death accomplished more economically before.

Merle Shain

Most women would rather have someone whisper their name at optimum moments than rocket with contractions to the moon.

Merle Shain

When you put something good into the world, something good comes back to you.

Merle Shain

Divorce is very expensive, both economically and psychologically as well, but it probably isn't any more so than living with someone who isn't really on your side.

Merle Shain

Anger is a passion, so it makes people feel alive and makes them feel they matter and are in charge of their lives. So people often need to renew their anger a long time after the cause of it has died, because it is a protection against helplessness and emptiness just like howling in the night. And it makes them feel less vulnerable for a little while.

Merle Shain