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Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.

Tags: happiness

Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

Tags: friendship, perfection, realistic, expectations

About Author
Letty Cottin Pogrebin (born June 9, 1939) is an American author, journalist, lecturer, and social activist. She is a founding editor of Ms. magazine, the author of twelve books, and was an editorial consultant for the TV special Free to Be... You and Me (as well as for the album and book associated with it) for which she earned an Emmy.

We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.

Tags: friendship

Boys don't make passes at female smart asses.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Boys don't make passes at female smart asses.

Tags: humorous, men, women

No labourer in the world is expected to work for room board and love -except the housewife.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

No labourer in the world is expected to work for room board and love -except the housewife.

Tags: marriage

Like plowing housework makes the ground ready for the germination of family life. The kids will not invite a teacher home if beer cans litter the living room. The family isn't likely to have breakfas...

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Like plowing housework makes the ground ready for the germination of family life. The kids will not invite a teacher home if beer cans litter the living room. The family isn't likely to have breakfas...

Tags: work

If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force?

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force?

Tags: family, children, home