Iris Marion Young quotes
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“Breasts are a scandal because they shatter the border between motherhood and sexuality”
-- Iris Marion YoungSource : Iris Marion Young (2005). “On Female Body Experience: "Throwing Like a Girl" and Other Essays”, p.88, Oxford University Press
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“If one thinks about racism by examining only one wire of the cage, or one form of disadvantage, it is difficult to understand how and why the bird is trapped. Only a large number of wires arranged in a specific way, and connected to one another, serve to enclose the bird and to ensure that it cannot escape.”
-- Iris Marion Young
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“Before you count the profit, count the cost of a working mother.”
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“Motherhood changes everything.”
Source : Interview with Margo Hammond, Ellen Heltzel, www.goodhousekeeping.com. August 1, 2005.
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“Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.”
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Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.52, Mondial
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“I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it.”
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