And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?
Tillie Olsen

I know that I haven't powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.
Tillie Olsen

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.
Tillie Olsen

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.
Tillie Olsen

Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used.
Tillie Olsen

Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.
Tillie Olsen