Creative Quotations from Carolyn Heilbrun (1926-2003)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Carolyn Heilbrun
(1926-2003) born on Jan 13

US "writer, educator, feminist". "She wrote novels under the pen name of Amanda Cross; noted for her mysteries and books on feminist issues including best-seller "Writing a Women's Life," 1988."

I don't know why togetherness was ever held up as an ideal of marriage. Away from home for both, then together, that's much better."

"Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted."

We in middle age require adventure.

"Life has this in common with prizefighting: if you've received a belly blow, it's likely to be followed by a right to the jaw."

"That's the point of quotations, you know: one can use another's words to be insulting."

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	""Death in a Tenured Position," 981."
R:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
A:	""Sweet Death, Kind Death," 1984."
N:	""The James Joyce Murder," 1967."
K:	"In "An Uncommon Scold," by Abby Adams, 1989."