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Suzette Haden Elgin Quotes

A Grandmother is a safe haven.

A Grandmother is a safe haven.

Suzette Haden Elgin
Grandmother, Safe Haven, Grandparent
Suzette Haden Elgin (2000). “The Grandmother Principles”

If you behave like a doormat, expect to be stepped on and don't complain about it.

Suzette Haden Elgin
Complaining, Doormat, Behave
Suzette Haden Elgin (1980). “The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense”, Prentice Hall

Linguistics is our best tool for bringing about social change and SF is our best tool for testing such changes before they are implemented in the real world, therefore the conjunction of the two is desirable and should be useful.

Suzette Haden Elgin
Real, Two, Tools

You cannot weave truth on a loom of lies.

Suzette Haden Elgin
Inspirational, Truth, Lying
Suzette Haden Elgin (1984). “Native Tongue”, p.284, Feminist Press at CUNY

This is what happens when the discourse of publishing, defined and driven by spoken and written language, is talked about in exactly the same vocabulary and syntax as any widgetmaking industry. Books are reformulated as 'product' - like screwdrivers or flea-bombs or soap - and the majority of writers are perceived as typists with bad attitudes.

Suzette Haden Elgin
Attitude, Book, Vocabulary

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