There's something spectacularly freeing about acknowledging that one has both resources and limitations, and that both of these give shape to one's life.

— Colette Dowling Perfect Women: Hidden Fears of Inadequacy and the Drive to Perform (1988)

More quotes by Colette Dowling

The Frailty Myth: Women Approaching Physical Equality (2000)

The Frailty Myth: Women Approaching Physical Equality (2000)

The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence (1981)

The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence (1981)

The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence (1981)

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