Louise Bernikow Quotes

• Everytime I say "sure" when I mean "no," everytime I smile brightly when I'm exploding with rage, every time I imagine my man's achievement is my own, I know the cheerleader never really died. I feel her shaking her ass inside me and I hear her breathless, girlish voice mutter "T-E-A-M, Yea, Team.

  Louise Bernikow

  Team, Mean, Men

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• Much female conversation is, in fact, about survival - but in code.

  Louise Bernikow

  Survival, Female, Facts

  Louise Bernikow (1981). “Among women”, HarperCollins

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• Between sisters, often, the child's cry never dies down. "Never leave me," it says; "do not abandon me."

  Louise Bernikow

  Sister, Children, Sibling

  Louise Bernikow (1981). “Among women”, HarperCollins

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• What we have in common is what keeps us apart.

  Louise Bernikow

  Common

  Louise Bernikow (1981). “Among women”, HarperCollins

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• What is haunting is that people fallen off the train threaten those who remain on board.

  Louise Bernikow

  People, Boards, Haunting

  Louise Bernikow (1986). “Alone in America: the search for companionship”, Harpercollins

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• In becoming archaeologists of the world of our mothers, we are trying to retrieve the female past and to invent a future.

  Louise Bernikow

  Mother, Past, History

  Louise Bernikow (1981). “Among women”, HarperCollins

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• I say you hurt me. You say I scorned you. We say we care. It begins. The conversation begins.

  Louise Bernikow

  Hurt, Women, Care

  Louise Bernikow (1981). “Among women”, HarperCollins

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• we perceive silence where, in fact, there is a muffler.

  Louise Bernikow

  Silence, Facts, Perceive

  Louise Bernikow (1981). “Among women”, HarperCollins

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• What is commonly called literary history is actually a record of choices.

  Louise Bernikow

  Choices, Records

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• The question arises as to whether it is possible not to live in the world of men and still to live in the world.

  Louise Bernikow

  Men, World, Arise

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• The illusion of companionship sits waiting in the television set. We keep our televisions on more than we watch them - an average of more than seven hours a day. For background. For company.

  Louise Bernikow

  Loneliness, Average, Waiting

  Louise Bernikow (1986). “Alone in America: the search for companionship”, Harpercollins

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• for many people, loneliness was an experience of time. 'Not knowing what to do with yourself' was the way it was usually put.

  Louise Bernikow

  Loneliness, Knowing, People

  Louise Bernikow (1986). “Alone in America: the search for companionship”, Harpercollins

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• Humor tells you where the trouble is.

  Louise Bernikow

  Trouble

  Louise Bernikow (1986). “Alone in America: the search for companionship”, Harpercollins

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• Sometimes I feel like a sisterless child.

  Louise Bernikow

  Children, Sometimes, Like A Sister

  Louise Bernikow (1981). “Among women”, HarperCollins

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