Quotes About Domesticity

Y supe que querría hacer eso eternamente: estar de pie en cocinas mientras observaba a Annie alimentar gatos. En cocinas que fueran nuestras, con gatos que fueran nuestros

The first day, I stood in the kitchen leaning against the counter watching Annie feed the cats, and I knew I wanted to be able to do that forever: stand in kitchens watching Annie feed cats. Our kitchens. Our cats.

It could be hail and gale outside. Mrs Quinty opened the windows. Then she took out these little wipes and wiped down the surface of the desk. That lady brought with her her own environment.

She was always on her feet. Cooking. Washing. Ironing.

It was what you did when you resurfaced after a year undercover: You hooked your wagon to the repetitions of domesticity.

Tam stands and they clear the table, taking the dishes into their kitchen and leaving me and Viola sitting there by ourselves.

When she left him, she swore she would "never try it again," meaning marriage. But I don't think she knew how to be fully herself when she was with a man or could feel anything but baffled by the competing demands of career and domesticity. Her struggles are poignant and real to me, and all too familiar