Marge Piercy Quotes

A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces. More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly it wheezes and tips over.

Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.

People were not getting back what they wanted for their sold labor. Taxes grew and services shrank. Prices rose and quality decayed. Everywhere people felt used and betrayed and coerced and cheated.

Troubles cured you salty as a country ham smoky to the taste thick-skinned and tender inside.