Sally Kempton Quotes

The Tantric sages tell us that our in-breath and out-breath actually mirror the divine creative gesture. With the inhalation, we draw into our own center, our own being. With the exhalation, we expand outward into the world.

Men define intelligence, men define usefulness, men tell us what is beautiful, men even tell us what is womanly

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

When men imagine a female uprising, they imagine a world in which women rule men as men have ruled women.

Women are the true maintenance class. Society is built upon their acquiescence and upon their small and necessary labours.