"Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety." "Do you understand what made me what I am?... I learned that a woman is nothing in this world that men have made, except in the role that men demand of her. Your life is meaningless, you have no value, except as you are a wife and mother: then be the very devil of a wife and mother... so that husband and son and sister-in-law must all depend on you, so that you control them and keep them in the palm of your hand. So that the Whole World knows your Worth - So that a screaming girl-child, long ago, may be reassured that her life has some significance, that no-one is going to throw her back into the gutter." "It's all over now. It's all past, it can't be changed..." "'How to sell,' I said, 'This is the family house for you all to stay.'" "They sound like voices laughing and talking, echoing in the house." "Enough driving now,