We go to college, live together or marry, and have kids - often with little more thought to the daily routines of raising children than our grandparents gave them, when women by and large stayed at home. Mona Simpson childcollegedaily share on social
I've never had an exclusive relationship to a room where I write. I used to want one. Mona Simpson exclusivehaverelationship Change image and share on social
I remember the excitement of finding a great pancake recipe in 'Gourmet.' It felt as if it were mine. And it was Berkeley, of course - everybody cooked together. Cooking is what one did. Mona Simpson berkeleycookexcitement Change image and share on social
We have all these cultural assumptions about love. People get hurt, and we say, 'Oh, it's no one's fault.' Mona Simpson assumptionculturalfault Change image and share on social
In our national mythology, we seem to include only one-way migrations to the great capitol cities. The journey from the small Wisconsin town or Minnesota city to Chicago or New York or Los Angeles. Certainly for some people, that journey is a round trip. Mona Simpson angelescapitolchicago share on social
Even as a feminist, my whole life I'd been waiting for a man to love who could love me. For decades, I'd thought that man would be my father. When I was 25, I met that man, and he was my brother. Mona Simpson brotherdecadefather Change image and share on social
I didn't know much about computers. I still worked on a manual Olivetti typewriter. Mona Simpson computermanualolivetti Change image and share on social
I felt like any other American kid. I already worked at a steady job as an ice cream scooper, but I didn't feel less in any way than my more affluent friends from school. Mona Simpson affluentamericancream Change image and share on social
We're all looking for an authentic way to be engaged in the community, engaged in politics, engaged in national discussion - and so, we're clunky. We're all clunky. But it's better than not doing it. Mona Simpson authenticclunkycommunity Change image and share on social
Even more than we want good love for ourselves, we want it for our children, those vulnerable satellites of our hearts that we send, unsteady, into the world. Mona Simpson childgoodheart Change image and share on social
