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Nancy Friday Quotes

To say something nice about yourself, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They’d rather take their clothes off Picture Quote #1

In a baby’s first months, the earliest patterns of intimacy or distrust are forever grooved into his soul Picture Quote #1

Women’s behavior in handling beauty, even before feminism, was to deny they had any. Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful Picture Quote #1

I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together Picture Quote #1

I like the company of men. I’ve never been welcome in those groups, but then I would no more go to a consciousness-raising group and talk about my intimate life with my husband than fly to the moon. I never understood all that Picture Quote #1

After sex, men fear too much intimacy; they want to separate again. Women want to talk, to continue the merging, melting fusion into one. Postcoital conversations keep the woman’s power alive. Through unconscious severance, by falling asleep, the man regains his self Picture Quote #1

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For instance, in group therapy, I’ll have people stand up, show off, give a speech about themselves as though they’ve just died and have to give a eulogy. Even with this explicit permission - even an order - to say something nice about themselves, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They’d rather take their clothes off Picture Quote #1

The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself Picture Quote #1

Fantasy isn’t something you run out of Picture Quote #1

Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep Picture Quote #1

All my writing has been an effort to sort out the paradoxes of my life Picture Quote #1

Sexuality is the great field of battle between biology and society Picture Quote #1

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Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still Picture Quote #1

Inside every adult male is a denied little boy Picture Quote #1

The older I get... the more of my mother I see in myself Picture Quote #1

Spontaneous love admits errors, hesitations and human failings. It can be tested and repaired Picture Quote #1

No man can be really free in bed with a woman who is not Picture Quote #1

Separation is not the end of love; it creates love Picture Quote #1

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To say something nice about yourself, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They’d rather take their clothes off Picture Quote #1

Because society would rather we always wore a pretty face, women have been trained to cut off anger Picture Quote #1

The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children Picture Quote #1

When I stopped seeing my mother with the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself Picture Quote #1

To say something nice about themselves, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do Picture Quote #1

When I stopped seeing my mother through the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself Picture Quote #1

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When is enough enough? In envy’s eyes, enough never is. Somebody else always has something we want Picture Quote #1

If women really want equality, we have to wipe the slate clean. It no longer matters in the largest sense what men did to us for the last 200 or 300 years Picture Quote #1

I’m sure it’s why I’m such an odd duck in my feminist generation, because I’ve always been equally fair to men Picture Quote #1

I think biologically we are attracted to more than one person, but given society and our needs, monogamy works better Picture Quote #1

If you believe in the maternal instinct and fail at mother love, you fail as a woman. It is a controlling idea that holds us in an iron grip Picture Quote #1

Our culture raises us to seek success but we are not taught how to live with it Picture Quote #1

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To say something nice about yourself, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They’d rather take their clothes off. (Nancy Friday Quotes) In a baby’s first months, the earliest patterns of intimacy or distrust are forever grooved into his soul. (Nancy Friday Quotes) Women’s behavior in handling beauty, even before feminism, was to deny they had any. Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful. (Nancy Friday Quotes) I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together. (Nancy Friday Quotes) I like the company of men. I’ve never been welcome in those groups, but then I would no more go to a consciousness-raising group and talk about my intimate life with my husband than fly to the moon. I never understood all that (Nancy Friday Quotes) After sex, men fear too much intimacy; they want to separate again. Women want to talk, to continue the merging, melting fusion into one. Postcoital conversations keep the woman’s power alive. Through unconscious severance, by falling asleep, the man regains his self (Nancy Friday Quotes) For instance, in group therapy, I’ll have people stand up, show off, give a speech about themselves as though they’ve just died and have to give a eulogy. Even with this explicit permission - even an order - to say something nice about themselves, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They’d rather take their clothes off (Nancy Friday Quotes) The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself (Nancy Friday Quotes) Fantasy isn’t something you run out of (Nancy Friday Quotes) Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep (Nancy Friday Quotes) All my writing has been an effort to sort out the paradoxes of my life (Nancy Friday Quotes) Sexuality is the great field of battle between biology and society (Nancy Friday Quotes) Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still (Nancy Friday Quotes) Inside every adult male is a denied little boy (Nancy Friday Quotes) The older I get... the more of my mother I see in myself (Nancy Friday Quotes) Spontaneous love admits errors, hesitations and human failings. It can be tested and repaired (Nancy Friday Quotes) No man can be really free in bed with a woman who is not (Nancy Friday Quotes) Separation is not the end of love; it creates love (Nancy Friday Quotes) To say something nice about yourself, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They’d rather take their clothes off (Nancy Friday Quotes) Because society would rather we always wore a pretty face, women have been trained to cut off anger (Nancy Friday Quotes) The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children (Nancy Friday Quotes) When I stopped seeing my mother with the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself (Nancy Friday Quotes) To say something nice about themselves, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do (Nancy Friday Quotes) When I stopped seeing my mother through the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself (Nancy Friday Quotes) When is enough enough? In envy’s eyes, enough never is. Somebody else always has something we want (Nancy Friday Quotes) If women really want equality, we have to wipe the slate clean. It no longer matters in the largest sense what men did to us for the last 200 or 300 years (Nancy Friday Quotes) I’m sure it’s why I’m such an odd duck in my feminist generation, because I’ve always been equally fair to men (Nancy Friday Quotes) I think biologically we are attracted to more than one person, but given society and our needs, monogamy works better (Nancy Friday Quotes) If you believe in the maternal instinct and fail at mother love, you fail as a woman. It is a controlling idea that holds us in an iron grip (Nancy Friday Quotes) Our culture raises us to seek success but we are not taught how to live with it (Nancy Friday Quotes)

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