"I would like to be cold and clear and selfish, to demand satisfaction for my needs, to compel respect rather than affection. And yet there are moments, and perhaps there always will be, when I fall back upon the old cop-outs. Why should I trouble to win a chess game or a political argument when it is so much easier to lose charmingly? Why should I work when my husband can support me, why should I be a human being when I can get away with being a child?"
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Sally Kempton
Sally Kempton (January 15, 1943–July 10, 2023), also known as Swami Durgananda, was an American swami, journalist, radical feminist, and meditation teacher.
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