Quotes from Louise Bernikow

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

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

Female friendships that work are relationships in which women help each other belong to themselves.

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

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

Female friendships that work are relationships in which women help each other belong to themselves.