Reaction Isn't Action - That Is, It

We Older Women Who Know We Aren't Heroines Can Offer Our Younger Sisters, At The Very Least, An Honest Report Of What We Have Learned And How We Have Grown.

We Put Up With A Lot To Be Saved From Chaos. We Always Have.

I Admire People Who Are Suited To The Contemplative Life. They Can Sit Inside Themselves Like Honey In A Jar And Just Be. It's Wonderful To Have Someone Like That Around, You Always Feel You Can Count On Them. You Can Go Away And Come Back, You Can Change Your Mind And Your Hairdo And Your Politics, And When You Get Through Doing All These Upsetting Things, You Look Around And There They Are, Just The Way They Were, Just Being.

Whatever Class And Race Divergences Exist, Top Cats Are Tom Cats.

We Are In A Double Bind. We Are Expected To Feel Inferior Not Only As Women, But Because We Are Old.