List of Marilyn French Quotes

Never Underestimate The Power Of Helplessness!

When A Baby First Looks At You...when It Laughs That Deep, Unselfconscious Gurgle; Or When It Cries And You Pick It Up And It Clings Sobbing To You...then You Are-happy Is Not The Precise Word-filled.

Rain Is One Thing The British Do Better Than Anybody Else.

One Thing That Makes Art Different From Life Is That In Art Things Have A Shape... It Allows Us To Fix Our Emotions On Events At The Moment They Occur, It Permits A Union Of Heart And Mind And Tongue And Tear.

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?

In A Way It Doesn't Matter Whether You Open Doors Or Close Them, You Still End Up In A Box.

You Can't Equate Passive Dependent Power With Assertive Power Because The Dependent Kind Isn't Fun, It Doesn't Give You A Kick, It Just Allows You To Survive.

She Drowned In Words That Could Not Teach Her How To Swim.

There Is No Power Greater Than The Power Of Passive Dependency.

The Very Notion Of Superiority Of One Kind Over Another Will Have To Disappear, Although Differences Among Kind Will Remain.

S And M Is Only The Expression In The Bedroom Of An Oppressive-submissive Relation Which Can Happen Also In The Kitchen Or At The Factory, Can Happen Between People Of Any Gender. There Is Obviously Something Titillating About These Relationships, But It Isn't The Sexual Components That Makes Them Ugly, They're Uglier Elsewhere. Nothing Sexual Is Depraved. Only Cruelty Is Depraved, And That's Another Matter.

Desire Consumes You, It Takes You Over. You Forget Yourself Completely. All You Can Think About Is The Other, The One You Desire, Your Self Is Just A Fire.