Mrs Ratlow was a widow, and she was head of English, but she still did all the cooking and cleaning for her two sons, and she never took holidays because she said — and I will never forget it — “When a woman alone is no longer of any interest to the opposite sex, she is only visible where she has some purpose.

Mrs Ratlow was a widow, and she was head of English, but she still did all the cooking and cleaning for her two sons, and she never took holidays because she said — and I will never forget it — “When a woman alone is no longer of any interest to the opposite sex, she is only visible where she has some purpose.

– Jeanette Winterson –

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

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