Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon CBE FRSLis an English author, essayist and playwright, whose work has been associated with feminism. In her fiction, Weldon typically portrays contemporary women who find themselves trapped in oppressive situations caused by the patriarchal structure of British society...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 September 1931
everything-happens-for-a-reason happens
Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.
too-much have-courage boldness
Be bold, but not too bold. Have courage, but not too much.
acceptance men kind
If you put a woman in a man's position, she will be more efficient, but no more kind.
learning cutting goes-on
One can learn, at least. One can go on learning until the day one is cut off.
weakness realizing shortcomings
A 'weakness,' I now realize, is nothing but a strength not properly developed.
ignored pessimism prophet
The prophets of doom, in my experience, are generally ignored and usually right.
pride thinking
Pride is what you can afford or think you can afford.
stubborn poverty bounds
Poverty is a stubborn thing: you seldom escape it with one bound.
worry stop-worrying minutes
What makes women happy? Nothing, for more than ten minutes at a time, so stop worrying.
acceptance effort tides
Much sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth; left to itself, it sweeps in like the tide.
take-me wells
Take me! Well, not quite take me, love me now, take me eventually
circles forever useless
Sound waves do not die out. They travel forever and forever. All our sentences are immortal. Our useless bleatings circle the universe for all eternity.
nuisance ifs publishers
Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would.