“Seeing a woman's child is like seeing a woman naked, in the way it changes how her face looks to you, how her face becomes less the whole story.”

“It's strange how men feel they have the right to criticize a woman's appearance to her face.”

“How do you think it is on a Jewish mother? It’s horrible for her to see her son facing these accusations.”

“What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heelprint upon another woman's face? What woman's terms of oppression have become precious and necessary to her as a ticket into the fold of the righteous, away from the cold winds of self-scrutiny?”

“No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.”

“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”

“Interesting woman captivates mind, has rebellious personality. Her eyes, her lips and her face become a condemnation … because they taste of mystery.”

“Any woman who counts on her face is a fool.”

“The woman said something to Roman. He stopped, turned to her, and shook his staff.
She crossed her arms. I couldn't see her face, but I read the body language well enough.”

“The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her 'beauty.' Her reproductive value, as the 'aesthetic' value of her face and body today, 'came to be seen as a sacred trust, one that she must constantly guard in the interest of her race.”