Quotes by Paglia, Camille

Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, >>

Out with stereotypes, feminism proclaims. But stereotypes are the west >>

Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. >>

Quotations about Pregnancy

These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. >>

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, i >>

Pregnant women! They had that weird frisson, an aura of magic that com >>

Pregnancy demonstrates the deterministic character of woman's sexuality. Every pregnant woman has body and self taken over by a chthonian force beyond her control. In the welcome pregnancy, this is a happy sacrifice. But in the unwanted one, initiated by rape or misadventure, it is a horror. Such unfortunate women look directly into nature's heart of Darkness. For a fetus is a benign tumor, a vampire who steals in order to live. The so-called miracle of birth is nature getting her own way.

Paglia, Camille